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Figure 1.11 Sex ratio at birth, 2010

04/02/2015

The sex ratio at birth (SRB) in 2010 was above 110 in all but three provinces (Xinjiang, Tibet and Beijing).

Source:  National Bureau of Statistics, Tabulation on the 2010 Population Census of the people’s Republic of China, 2012

Figure 1.11
The sex ratio at birth (SRB) in 2010 was above 110 in all but three provinces (Xinjiang, Tibet and Beijing). In Anhui, Fujian and Hainan provinces, the sex ratio exceeded 125 males per 100 females. Both direct and indirect factors including son preference and corresponding sex selection practices, the influence of the family-planning policy, unequal social and family status of females, and incomplete social security system may have contributed to the high SRB, particularly in rural areas and certain provinces.

上一篇:Figure 1.10 Sex ratio at birth, 1982–2012
下一篇:Figure 1.12 Sex ratio at birth, urban and rural, 1982–2010

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