Is There an Incipient Turnaround in Asia’s “Missing Girls” Phenomenon?
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 ch...
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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| Online Access: | 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 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4040 |
| Summary: | 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. |
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