2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2009.00295.x
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The Sex Ratio Transition in Asia

Abstract: Les Working Papers du CEPED constituent des documents de travail portant sur des recherches menées par des chercheurs du CEPED ou associés. Rédigés pour une diffusion rapide, ces papiers n'ont pas été formellement relus et édités. Certaines versions de ces documents de travail peuvent être soumises à une revue à comité de lecture. Les droits d'auteur sont détenus par les auteurs. The sex ratio transition in Asia Christophe Z. Guilmoto * CEPED AbstractThe sex ratio transition in Asia The paper adopts a comparat… Show more

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“…But with the likely erosion of cultural preferences for male offspring (Chung and Das Gupta 2007;Guilmoto 2009), the importance of changes in age-and sex-specific survival patterns in determining sex ratios in populations will certainly increase in the future.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…But with the likely erosion of cultural preferences for male offspring (Chung and Das Gupta 2007;Guilmoto 2009), the importance of changes in age-and sex-specific survival patterns in determining sex ratios in populations will certainly increase in the future.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In contrast, in some countries and areas, for example, India, Mainland China, South Korea, and Taiwan, there is strong evidence suggesting that the reported high SRB is mainly a result of human intervention and under-reporting of girls (Zeng et al 1993;Gu and Roy 1995;Park and Cho 1995;Das Gupta and Bhat 1997;Dyson 2012). It is noteworthy that such a man-made high SRB has been declining in South Korea in recent years (Chung and Das Gupta 2007;Guilmoto 2009). Reported SRB has been higher than 105 in Mainland China for most years since the mid-twentieth century.…”
Section: Sex Ratio At Birth In Human Populations and Reported Sex Ratmentioning
confidence: 93%
“…and sex-selective abortions (see Guilmoto (2009) and Du and Wei (2013)), and the other is that the sharp decline in fertility, combined with strong son preference, caused parents to care more about the gender of any given child (see Golley and Tyers (2012) for a discussion of the population control policies that were largely responsible for the sharp decline in fertility).…”
Section: Data On Pre-marital Sex Ratios and Household Saving Rates Inmentioning
confidence: 99%