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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Main Authors:	Das Gupta, Monica, Chung, Woojin, Shuzhuo, Li
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	AGED AID BIRTHS CANCER CENSUSES CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATES CHILD SURVIVAL CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIFFERENTIALS IN HEALTH DISCRIMINATION DYING EXCESS MORTALITY FAMILIES FAMILY HEALTH FAMILY PLANNING FEMALE CHILD FEMALE CHILDREN FEMALE MORTALITY FEMALES FERTILITY FERTILITY DECLINE GENDER GENDER BIAS GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER EQUALITY GENDER EQUITY GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS HEALTH CARE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIALIZATION INFANT INFANTICIDE LARGE POPULATIONS LEGISLATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFE EXPECTANCY MARRIAGES MASCULINITY MASS MEDIA MATERNAL MORTALITY MIGRATION MIGRATION POLICIES MODERNIZATION MORTALITY LEVELS NATIONAL FAMILY HEALTH SURVEY NATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING NATIONAL LEVEL OLD AGE POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION ASSOCIATION POPULATION CENSUS POPULATION STATISTICS POPULOUS COUNTRIES PRENATAL DIAGNOSTIC PRENATAL SEX SELECTION PROGRESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES RURAL AREAS SCHOOL AGE SEX SEX PREFERENCES SEX RATIOS SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTION SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTIONS SEXUAL HEALTH SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL PROBLEMS SON PREFERENCE STATE POLICIES TELEVISION TV UNFPA URBANIZATION VIOLENCE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN VITAL STATISTICS WAR WILL WIVES WOMEN'S STATUS YOUNG GIRLS
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spelling	okr-10986-40402021-04-23T14:02:14Z Is There an Incipient Turnaround in Asia’s “Missing Girls” Phenomenon? Das Gupta, Monica Chung, Woojin Shuzhuo, Li AGED AID BIRTHS CANCER CENSUSES CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATES CHILD SURVIVAL CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIFFERENTIALS IN HEALTH DISCRIMINATION DYING EXCESS MORTALITY FAMILIES FAMILY HEALTH FAMILY PLANNING FEMALE CHILD FEMALE CHILDREN FEMALE MORTALITY FEMALES FERTILITY FERTILITY DECLINE GENDER GENDER BIAS GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER EQUALITY GENDER EQUITY GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS HEALTH CARE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIALIZATION INFANT INFANTICIDE LARGE POPULATIONS LEGISLATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFE EXPECTANCY MARRIAGES MASCULINITY MASS MEDIA MATERNAL MORTALITY MIGRATION MIGRATION POLICIES MODERNIZATION MORTALITY LEVELS NATIONAL FAMILY HEALTH SURVEY NATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING NATIONAL LEVEL OLD AGE POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION ASSOCIATION POPULATION CENSUS POPULATION STATISTICS POPULOUS COUNTRIES PRENATAL DIAGNOSTIC PRENATAL SEX SELECTION PROGRESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES RURAL AREAS SCHOOL AGE SEX SEX PREFERENCES SEX RATIOS SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTION SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTIONS SEXUAL HEALTH SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL PROBLEMS SON PREFERENCE STATE POLICIES TELEVISION TV UNFPA URBANIZATION VIOLENCE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN VITAL STATISTICS WAR WILL WIVES WOMEN'S STATUS YOUNG GIRLS 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. 2012-03-19T19:08:52Z 2012-03-19T19:08:52Z 2009-02-01 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 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4846 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia East Asia and Pacific
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topic	AGED AID BIRTHS CANCER CENSUSES CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATES CHILD SURVIVAL CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIFFERENTIALS IN HEALTH DISCRIMINATION DYING EXCESS MORTALITY FAMILIES FAMILY HEALTH FAMILY PLANNING FEMALE CHILD FEMALE CHILDREN FEMALE MORTALITY FEMALES FERTILITY FERTILITY DECLINE GENDER GENDER BIAS GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER EQUALITY GENDER EQUITY GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS HEALTH CARE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIALIZATION INFANT INFANTICIDE LARGE POPULATIONS LEGISLATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFE EXPECTANCY MARRIAGES MASCULINITY MASS MEDIA MATERNAL MORTALITY MIGRATION MIGRATION POLICIES MODERNIZATION MORTALITY LEVELS NATIONAL FAMILY HEALTH SURVEY NATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING NATIONAL LEVEL OLD AGE POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION ASSOCIATION POPULATION CENSUS POPULATION STATISTICS POPULOUS COUNTRIES PRENATAL DIAGNOSTIC PRENATAL SEX SELECTION PROGRESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES RURAL AREAS SCHOOL AGE SEX SEX PREFERENCES SEX RATIOS SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTION SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTIONS SEXUAL HEALTH SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL PROBLEMS SON PREFERENCE STATE POLICIES TELEVISION TV UNFPA URBANIZATION VIOLENCE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN VITAL STATISTICS WAR WILL WIVES WOMEN'S STATUS YOUNG GIRLS
spellingShingle	AGED AID BIRTHS CANCER CENSUSES CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATES CHILD SURVIVAL CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIFFERENTIALS IN HEALTH DISCRIMINATION DYING EXCESS MORTALITY FAMILIES FAMILY HEALTH FAMILY PLANNING FEMALE CHILD FEMALE CHILDREN FEMALE MORTALITY FEMALES FERTILITY FERTILITY DECLINE GENDER GENDER BIAS GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER EQUALITY GENDER EQUITY GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS HEALTH CARE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIALIZATION INFANT INFANTICIDE LARGE POPULATIONS LEGISLATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFE EXPECTANCY MARRIAGES MASCULINITY MASS MEDIA MATERNAL MORTALITY MIGRATION MIGRATION POLICIES MODERNIZATION MORTALITY LEVELS NATIONAL FAMILY HEALTH SURVEY NATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING NATIONAL LEVEL OLD AGE POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION ASSOCIATION POPULATION CENSUS POPULATION STATISTICS POPULOUS COUNTRIES PRENATAL DIAGNOSTIC PRENATAL SEX SELECTION PROGRESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES RURAL AREAS SCHOOL AGE SEX SEX PREFERENCES SEX RATIOS SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTION SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTIONS SEXUAL HEALTH SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL PROBLEMS SON PREFERENCE STATE POLICIES TELEVISION TV UNFPA URBANIZATION VIOLENCE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN VITAL STATISTICS WAR WILL WIVES WOMEN'S STATUS YOUNG GIRLS Das Gupta, Monica Chung, Woojin Shuzhuo, Li Is There an Incipient Turnaround in Asia’s “Missing Girls” Phenomenon?
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relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4846
description	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.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Das Gupta, Monica Chung, Woojin Shuzhuo, Li
author_facet	Das Gupta, Monica Chung, Woojin Shuzhuo, Li
author_sort	Das Gupta, Monica
title	Is There an Incipient Turnaround in Asia’s “Missing Girls” Phenomenon?
title_short	Is There an Incipient Turnaround in Asia’s “Missing Girls” Phenomenon?
title_full	Is There an Incipient Turnaround in Asia’s “Missing Girls” Phenomenon?
title_fullStr	Is There an Incipient Turnaround in Asia’s “Missing Girls” Phenomenon?
title_full_unstemmed	Is There an Incipient Turnaround in Asia’s “Missing Girls” Phenomenon?
title_sort	is there an incipient turnaround in asia’s “missing girls” phenomenon?
publishDate	2012
url	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
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Is There an Incipient Turnaround in Asia’s “Missing Girls” Phenomenon?

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