Biased childhood sex ratios and the economic status of the family in rural China

Journal of Comparative Family Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2002, Pages

  Secondi, Giorgio S ^a  

^a OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; POLICY; REPRODUCTION; RURAL AREA; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0036342580     PISSN: 00472328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jcfs.33.2.215     Document Type: Article

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