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This book presents a comprehensive analysis of China’s imbalanced sex ratio at birth and marriage market, and the implications of these phenomena for population development and families. China’s persistently high sex ratio at birth (SRB) since the early 1980s has led to serious gender imbalance and male marriage squeeze. After examining the quality of existing data on SRB, the authors provide their estimates of the sex-selective abortion rate, describe the trends and geographical patterns in SRB, and disaggregate changes in SRB by birth order and province. Special attention is given to the number and proportion of missing girls between 1980 and 2010. Based on the quantitative analyses, the book projects the implications of the severe gender imbalance for China’s population development and the future dynamics of the marriage market, including trends in age at first marriage, the proportion of never-married, the age structure of surplus males, and the life cycle of bare branch families. The book will appeal to scholars and students of demography, sociology, and China studies, especially those interested in China’s population and contemporary society.

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Author:   Quanbao Jiang ,  Shuzhuo Li
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.630kg
ISBN:  

9781032560960

ISBN 10:   1032560967
Pages:   242
Publication Date:   21 August 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. The data quality of SRB 3. Estimation of SRB and abortion rate 4. The changing trend of SRB 5. Change in China’s SRB: A dynamic spatial panel approach 6. A decomposition of Changes in SRB by Birth Order 7. A Decomposition of Change in China’s SRB at the Provincial Level 8. Missing Girls from 1980–2010 9. Male surplus 10. China’s high SRB and population development 11. Marriage Squeeze in China’s Future 12. Marriage Squeeze, Never-Married Proportion and Mean Age at First Marriage 13. The decomposition of marriage squeeze into age and sex structure 14. The life cycle of families of unmarried older men

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Quanbao Jiang is Professor of Demography at the Institute for Population and Development Studies, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China. His research interests include demographic analysis and public policy and gender imbalance in China. Shuzhuo Li is University Distinguished Professor at Xi’an Jiaotong University, China, Vice President of the China Population Association, and a member of the Social Science Committee of the Ministry of Education. His research interests include population and development policies in China.

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