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A Surplus of Men, A Deficit of Peace: Security and Sex Ratios in Asia's Largest States

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Hudson, Valerie M., Boer, Andrea Den·2002·International Security
DOI 10.1162/016228802753696753
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International Security - Volume 26, Number 4, Spring 2002

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  • Since the onset of the one-child policy, there has been a steady increase in China's reported sex ratio, from 1.06 in 1979, to 1.11 in 1988, to 1.17 in 2001.

    “Since the onset of the one-child policy, there has been a steady increase in the reported sex ratio, from 1.06 in 1979, to 1.11 in 1988, to 1.17 in 2001. 19”

    From The Effect of China's One-Child Family Policy after 25 Years (2005) · cites this paper as [19]

    The discussion around Table 3 (International Security 26:4, p. 6) says sex-ratio skewness is worsening over time, supporting the general trend. But the table gives different dates and figures for China, including 113.8–115.4 in 1989–90 and 120.0 in 1999; our copy does not report the claimed 1979, 1988, and 2001 figures. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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  • Data from the 2001 National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Survey show that the increased sex ratio in China is not confined predominantly to rural areas.

    “Data from the 2001 National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Survey, which was carried out among a nationally representative sample of 39,600 women of reproductive age and is the most recent large-scale survey of reproductive health and fertility, show clearly that the increased sex ratio is not confined predominantly to rural China, 19 as has been previously assumed 20 (Table 2).”

    From The Effect of China's One-Child Family Policy after 25 Years (2005) · cites this paper as [19]

    The cited paper’s Table 3 discussion (International Security 26:4, p. 6) reports elevated Chinese birth sex ratios, but gives no rural–urban comparison. Its discussion of rural unmarried men (p. 29) does not establish the earlier assumption about where elevated birth sex ratios were concentrated. I found no account of the 2001 National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Survey in the passages searched. (LLM, conf=0.74)

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  1. Michael Taylor, ed., Rationality and Revolution (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988).
  2. Kung-ch'uan Hsiao, Rural China: Imperial Control in the Nineteenth Century (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1967), p. 458.
  3. See Meng Ren, "Confronting Three Populations of 80 Million," Inside China Mainland, Vol. 19, No. 1 (January 1997), pp. 78-81.

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Authors
Hudson, V. M., & Boer, A. D.
Affiliations
  • Brigham Young University (US)
  • University of Kent (GB)
ORCID
Venue
International Security
Publisher
MIT Press
Published
2002-04
Volume
26
Issue
4
Pages
5-38
ISSN
  • 0162-2889 (ISSN-L)
  • 1531-4804
DOI
10.1162/016228802753696753
OpenAlex
W2068725437
Cited by
277
References
54
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 23 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 24 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 33 · 2015: 10 · 2014: 16 · 2013: 18 · 2012: 17
FWCI
26.94
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • International Security (publishedVersion)
  • Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent) (acceptedVersion)
  • Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Security, and Conflict
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › South Asian Studies and Conflicts
Keywords
sex ratio, gender imbalance, peace, security, gender and conflict

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