This book describes the shortage of girls and women in present day China and focuses on two important features: the sex imbalance in childhood and youth, and the excess mortality of women at various stages of their life. The author analyzes the causes and the processes of a strong preference for sons, which generates discrimination toward females and results in a shortage of girls and women. China's higher proportion of men than women is a population characteristic that is shared by very few countries in the world. This demographic masculinity is unprecedented in the documented history of...
This book describes the shortage of girls and women in present day China and focuses on two important features: the sex imbalance in childhood and you...
Based on China s recently released 2010 population census data, this edited volume analyses the most recent demographic trends in China, in the context of significant social and economic upheavals. The editor and the expert contributors describe the main features of China s demography, and focus on the details of this latest phase of its demographic transition.
The book explores such striking characteristics of China s demography as the changing age and sex population structure; recent trends in marriage and divorce; fertility trends with a focus on sex imbalance at birth; the...
Based on China s recently released 2010 population census data, this edited volume analyses the most recent demographic trends in China, in the con...
This book surveys the shortage of girls and women in China today, focusing on gender imbalance in childhood and youth and excess mortality later in life. Shows that discrimination against girls and women is part of a traditional value system that favors males.
This book surveys the shortage of girls and women in China today, focusing on gender imbalance in childhood and youth and excess mortality later in li...
Based on China's recently released 2010 population census data, this edited volume analyses the most recent demographic trends in China, in the context of significant social and economic upheavals.
Based on China's recently released 2010 population census data, this edited volume analyses the most recent demographic trends in China, in the contex...