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. 2021 Oct 26:6:756364.
doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2021.756364. eCollection 2021.

Overestimated SRB and Missing Girls in China

Li Mei  1 , Quanbao Jiang  2
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Affiliations

  • 1 School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
  • 2 Institute for Population and Development Studies, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.

Overestimated SRB and Missing Girls in China

Li Mei et al. Front Sociol. .
. 2021 Oct 26:6:756364.
doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2021.756364. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Li Mei  1 , Quanbao Jiang  2

Affiliations

  • 1 School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
  • 2 Institute for Population and Development Studies, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
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Keywords: China; missing girls; overestimate; population census; sex ratio at birth.

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SRB by comparison over time.

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SRB by comparison over time.

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SRB by comparison over time.
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