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“The adoption rate within China doubled in the first half of the 1980s, from 1.1 to 2.2% of all births, equivalent to over 4% of all female births in 1986 (Lee & Wang 1999, p. 108).”
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“Abnormal sex ratio at birth had long existed in Chinese history, mostly via the means of female infanticide and abandonment(Lee & Wang 1999).”
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- LEE, J. Z., & Feng, W.
- ORCID
- LEE, James Z.
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- Harvard University Press eBooks
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- Harvard University Press
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- 1999-12-31
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