Patriarchal Demographics? China's Sex Ratio Reconsidered
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Patriarchal Demographics? China's Sex Ratio Reconsidered
Since amartya Sen published his pathbreaking research on the “missing women” of asia two decades ago (Sen 1989, 1990), the distorted sex ratio at birth and consequent masculinization of asian societies have become a growing focus of scholarly and media attention. across east, South, and even west asia, the masculinization of sex ratios has been proceeding at a pace unprecedented in recorded his...
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عنوان ژورنال: Population and Development Review
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0098-7921
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2013.00556.x