'Maternity migration' and the increased sex ratio at birth in Hong Kong SAR

Population Studies

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 323-334

  Basten, Stuart ^a   Verropoulou, Georgia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

Author keywords

China; fertility; Hong Kong SAR; sex ratio; sex selection

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY; LOGISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRANT; NEWBORN; PARITY; PREGNANCY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CHINA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; SEX RATIO;

EID: 84886428984     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324728.2013.826372     Document Type: Article

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