Longer-term disruptions to demographic structures in china and india resulting from skewed sex ratios at birth

Asian Population Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-24

  Guilmoto, Christophe Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Age structures; China; Forecasts; India; Sex ratio; Sex ratio at birth

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; FORECASTING METHOD; GENDER ISSUE; MASCULINIZATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEX RATIO;

CHINA; INDIA;

EID: 77951155455     PISSN: 17441730     EISSN: 17441749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441731003603371     Document Type: Article

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