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Figure 1.12 Sex ratio at birth, urban and rural, 1982–2010

04/02/2015

The sex ratio at birth is higher in rural areas than in urban areas. Over the last two decades, the sex ratio at birth has increased in both urban and rural areas, but more rapidly in rural areas until 2005. Data from 2010 Population Census indicates a decrease of sex ratio at birth in rural area. Accordingly, the urban-rural disparity reached its highest in 2005, and then decreased in 2010.

Sources: National Bureau of Statistics, 1982, 1990, 2000, and 2010 Population Censuses, (respectively published in 1985, 1993, 2002 and 2012); 1987, 1995 and 2005 One Per cent Population Sample Surveys (respectively published in 1988, 1997 and 2007)

Figure 1.12
The sex ratio at birth is higher in rural areas than in urban areas. Over the last two decades, the sex ratio at birth has increased in both urban and rural areas, but more rapidly in rural areas until 2005. Data from 2010 Population Census indicates a decrease of sex ratio at birth in rural area. Accordingly, the urban-rural disparity reached its highest in 2005, and then decreased in 2010.
  

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