Fertility and distorted sex ratios in a rural Chinese county: Culture, state, and policy

Population and Development Review

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 595-626

  Murphy, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; POPULATION POLICY; SEX RATIO; SON PREFERENCE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIANGXI;

EID: 1842506099     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2003.00595.x     Document Type: Article

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