Socio-economic differentials in birth masculinity in China

Development and Change

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1269-1296

  Guilmoto, Christophe Z ^a,b   Ren, Qiang ^c  

^a Inserm   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ETHNICITY; FERTILITY; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MASCULINITY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE FACTORS; BIRTH RATE; CHINA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MASCULINITY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

CHINA;

EID: 80054837797     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2011.01733.x     Document Type: Article

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