Causes and Implications of the Recent Increase in the Reported Sex Ratio at Birth in China

1993/06/01 by Yi Zeng, Ping Tu, Baochang Gu +3 · 22 citations
Social Sciences · Medicine · #Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences #Global Maternal and Child Health #Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

paper · doi:10.2307/2938438

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Abstract

Zeng Yi, Tu Ping, Gu Baochang, Xu Yi, Li Bohua, Li Yongpiing, Causes and Implications of the Recent Increase in the Reported Sex Ratio at Birth in China, Population and Development Review, Vol. 19, No. 2 (Jun., 1993), pp. 283-302

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