Publication: Is There an Incipient Turnaround in Asia’s “Missing Girls” Phenomenon?
dc.contributor.author | Das Gupta, Monica | |
dc.contributor.author | Chung, Woojin | |
dc.contributor.author | Shuzhuo, Li | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-03-19T19:08:52Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-03-19T19:08:52Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009-02-01 | |
dc.description.abstract | The apparently inexorable rise in the proportion of "missing girls" in much of East and South Asia has attracted much attention amongst researchers and policy-makers. An encouraging trend was suggested by the case of South Korea, where child sex ratios were the highest in Asia but peaked in the mid-1990s and normalized thereafter. Using census data, we examine whether similar trends have begun to manifest themselves in the two large populous countries of this region, China and India. The data indicate that child sex ratios are peaking in these countries, and in many sub-national regions are beginning to trend towards less masculinization. This suggests that, with continuing vigorous efforts to reduce son preference, the "missing girls" phenomenon could be addressed in Asia. | en |
dc.identifier | http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090224084450 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1596/1813-9450-4846 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10986/4040 | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4846 | |
dc.rights | CC BY 3.0 IGO | |
dc.rights.holder | World Bank | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ | |
dc.subject | AGED | |
dc.subject | AID | |
dc.subject | BIRTHS | |
dc.subject | CANCER | |
dc.subject | CENSUSES | |
dc.subject | CHILD MORTALITY | |
dc.subject | CHILD MORTALITY RATES | |
dc.subject | CHILD SURVIVAL | |
dc.subject | CHILDHOOD | |
dc.subject | DEVELOPMENT POLICY | |
dc.subject | DIFFERENTIALS IN HEALTH | |
dc.subject | DISCRIMINATION | |
dc.subject | DYING | |
dc.subject | EXCESS MORTALITY | |
dc.subject | FAMILIES | |
dc.subject | FAMILY HEALTH | |
dc.subject | FAMILY PLANNING | |
dc.subject | FEMALE CHILD | |
dc.subject | FEMALE CHILDREN | |
dc.subject | FEMALE MORTALITY | |
dc.subject | FEMALES | |
dc.subject | FERTILITY | |
dc.subject | FERTILITY DECLINE | |
dc.subject | GENDER | |
dc.subject | GENDER BIAS | |
dc.subject | GENDER DIFFERENCES | |
dc.subject | GENDER EQUALITY | |
dc.subject | GENDER EQUITY | |
dc.subject | GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS | |
dc.subject | HEALTH CARE | |
dc.subject | HUMAN DEVELOPMENT | |
dc.subject | INDUSTRIALIZATION | |
dc.subject | INFANT | |
dc.subject | INFANTICIDE | |
dc.subject | LARGE POPULATIONS | |
dc.subject | LEGISLATION | |
dc.subject | LEVELS OF EDUCATION | |
dc.subject | LIFE EXPECTANCY | |
dc.subject | MARRIAGES | |
dc.subject | MASCULINITY | |
dc.subject | MASS MEDIA | |
dc.subject | MATERNAL MORTALITY | |
dc.subject | MIGRATION | |
dc.subject | MIGRATION POLICIES | |
dc.subject | MODERNIZATION | |
dc.subject | MORTALITY LEVELS | |
dc.subject | NATIONAL FAMILY HEALTH SURVEY | |
dc.subject | NATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING | |
dc.subject | NATIONAL LEVEL | |
dc.subject | OLD AGE | |
dc.subject | POLICY IMPLICATIONS | |
dc.subject | POLICY RESEARCH | |
dc.subject | POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT | |
dc.subject | POPULATION ASSOCIATION | |
dc.subject | POPULATION CENSUS | |
dc.subject | POPULATION STATISTICS | |
dc.subject | POPULOUS COUNTRIES | |
dc.subject | PRENATAL DIAGNOSTIC | |
dc.subject | PRENATAL SEX SELECTION | |
dc.subject | PROGRESS | |
dc.subject | PUBLIC HEALTH | |
dc.subject | PUBLIC POLICY | |
dc.subject | PUBLIC SERVICES | |
dc.subject | RURAL AREAS | |
dc.subject | SCHOOL AGE | |
dc.subject | SEX | |
dc.subject | SEX PREFERENCES | |
dc.subject | SEX RATIOS | |
dc.subject | SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTION | |
dc.subject | SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTIONS | |
dc.subject | SEXUAL HEALTH | |
dc.subject | SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT | |
dc.subject | SOCIAL NORMS | |
dc.subject | SOCIAL PROBLEMS | |
dc.subject | SON PREFERENCE | |
dc.subject | STATE POLICIES | |
dc.subject | TELEVISION | |
dc.subject | TV | |
dc.subject | UNFPA | |
dc.subject | URBANIZATION | |
dc.subject | VIOLENCE | |
dc.subject | VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN | |
dc.subject | VITAL STATISTICS | |
dc.subject | WAR | |
dc.subject | WILL | |
dc.subject | WIVES | |
dc.subject | WOMEN'S STATUS | |
dc.subject | YOUNG GIRLS | |
dc.title | Is There an Incipient Turnaround in Asia’s “Missing Girls” Phenomenon? | en |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea | Gender | |
okr.crossref.title | Is There An Incipient Turnaround In Asia's "Missing Girls" Phenomenon? | |
okr.date.doiregistration | 2025-04-10T12:20:15.757768Z | |
okr.doctype | Publications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper | |
okr.doctype | Publications & Research | |
okr.docurl | http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090224084450 | |
okr.globalpractice | Governance | |
okr.globalpractice | Health, Nutrition, and Population | |
okr.guid | 992671468220778114 | |
okr.identifier.doi | 10.1596/1813-9450-4846 | |
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum | 000158349_20090224084450 | |
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum | 10282607 | |
okr.identifier.report | WPS4846 | |
okr.language.supported | en | |
okr.pdfurl | http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2009/02/24/000158349_20090224084450/Rendered/PDF/WPS4846.pdf | en |
okr.region.administrative | South Asia | |
okr.region.administrative | East Asia and Pacific | |
okr.sector | Health and other social services :: Health | |
okr.theme | Human development :: Health system performance | |
okr.topic | Health, Nutrition and Population::Population Policies | |
okr.topic | Gender::Gender and Law | |
okr.topic | Health, Nutrition and Population::Adolescent Health | |
okr.topic | Disease Control and Prevention | |
okr.topic | Gender::Gender and Health | |
okr.topic | Health, Nutrition and Population | |
okr.unit | Development Research Group (DECRG) | |
okr.volume | 1 of 1 | |
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