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29 July 2009, Volume 33 Issue 4

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Rising Sex Ratio at Birth in China:Responses and Effects of Social Policies

2009, 33(4):  1-9. 

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This paper focuses on current social policies in China,analyzing them in gender perspective and exploring the causes of their ineffectiveness in solving rising sex ratio at birth problem. The methodology is file analysis at national level and field survey at county level. The study finds shortage of gender awareness,weak-coordination,and ill-feasibility may be responsible for the ineffectiveness of social policies to promote gender equality and correspondingly to restrain the rising sex ratio at birth.