The
sex ratio
The sex ratio (or gender ratio) is usually defined as the ratio of males to females in a population. As explained by Fisher's principle, for evolutionary reasons this is typically about 1:1 in species which reproduce sexually. Many species dev ...
of the different administrative divisions of
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...
has been the subject of academic study because of a high imbalance in births since the 1990s and
female infanticide
Female infanticide is the deliberate killing of newborn female children. In countries with a history of female infanticide, the modern practice of gender-selective abortion is often discussed as a closely related issue. Female infanticide is a m ...
further worsening the imbalanced sex ratios at birth.
Gender ratio for ages 1–4
The figures are from the intercensus survey of 2005, which was carried out in November 2005 on a representative 1% of the total population.
See also
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Female infanticide in China
China has a history of female infanticide spanning 2,000 years. When Christian missionaries arrived in China in the late sixteenth century, they witnessed newborns being thrown into rivers or onto rubbish piles. In the seventeenth century Matteo R ...
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Abortion in China
Abortion in China is legal, generally accessible, and widely-accepted. Abortions are available to all women through China's family planning programme, public hospitals, private hospitals, and clinics nationwide. China was one of the first developin ...
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Missing women of China
In China, there are significantly fewer women than men, leading to an imbalanced population sex ratio resulting from cultural influences and government policy. This phenomenon is sometimes referred to as the missing women or missing girls of China ...
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List of countries by sex ratio
The human sex ratio is the comparative number of males with respect to each female in a population. This is a list of sex ratios by country or region.
Methodology
The table's data is from ''The World Factbook'' unless noted otherwise. It show ...
References
{{Family planning policies of China
Gender
Gender is the range of characteristics pertaining to femininity and masculinity and differentiating between them. Depending on the context, this may include sex-based social structures (i.e. gender roles) and gender identity. Most culture ...
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Gender in Asia
Abortion in China
Demographics of China
China, sex ratio