Does Hepatitis B Infection or Son Preference Explain the Bulk of Gender Imbalance in China? A Review of the Evidence

Does Hepatitis B Infection or Son Preference Explain the Bulk of Gender Imbalance in China? A Review of the Evidence

China has a large deficit of females, and public policies have sought to reduce the son preference that is widely believed to cause this. Recently a study has suggested that up to 75 percent of this deficit is attributable to hepatitis B infection...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Das Gupta, Monica
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
BABIES
BIRTH ORDER
BIRTH ORDERS
BIRTHS
CHANCES OF SURVIVAL
CHILD MORTALITY
CULTURAL FACTORS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DIFFERENTIALS IN HEALTH
DIFFERENTIALS IN MORTALITY
DISCRIMINATION
DISEASE
DISEASES
DYING
EARLY CHILDHOOD
FAMILIES
FAMILY COMPOSITION
FATHER
FATHERS
FEMALE
FEMALE CHILDREN
FEMALE MORTALITY
FEMALES
FERTILITY
FETUSES
FIRST CHILD
GENDER
GENDER BIAS
GENDER DIFFERENTIALS
GENDER EQUITY
HEALTH SURVEYS
HEPATITIS
HEPATITIS B VIRUS
HUMAN BIOLOGY
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUSBAND
HUSBANDS
IDEAS ABOUT GENDER ROLES
IMMIGRANTS
IMMUNIZATION
IMMUNIZATION PROGRAM
IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS
INFANT
INFANTICIDE
INFECTION
INFECTION RATES
INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING
INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING PERSPECTIVES
KIDNEYS
LEGISLATION
LIFE EVENTS
MARRIED WOMEN
MEDICAL SCIENCES
MEDICINE
MORTALITY
MORTALITY DIFFERENTIALS
MOTHER
MOTHERS
NEWBORNS
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
PATIENTS
PERSONAL COMMUNICATION
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
POPULATION DIVISION
POPULATION STUDIES
PREFERENCE FOR SONS
PREGNANT WOMEN
PREVALENCE
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PROGRESS
PUBLIC LIFE
PUBLIC SERVICES
RATIO OF BOYS TO GIRLS
SEX
SEX DIFFERENCES
SEX RATIO
SEX RATIOS
SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTIONS
SEXES
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
SON PREFERENCE
SOUTH ASIAN
SPONTANEOUS ABORTIONS
STATE POLICIES
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
TROPICAL DISEASES
URBANIZATION
VACCINATION CAMPAIGN
VACCINATION CAMPAIGNS
VITAL STATISTICS
WIFE
WIVES
WOMAN
WORLD POPULATION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/8980990/hepatitis-b-infection-or-son-preference-explain-bulk-gender-imbalance-china-review-evidence
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6392

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/8980990/hepatitis-b-infection-or-son-preference-explain-bulk-gender-imbalance-china-review-evidence
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6392

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