Holdings: Is There an Incipient Turnaround in Asia’s “Missing Girls” Phenomenon?

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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
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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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4040