Title: The Male Surplus in China’s Marriage Market: Review and Prospects
Abstract: China’s sex ratio at birth has been increasing since the 1980s, and the resulting male surplus in China’s marriage market has been widely discussed. In this chapter we first review the sex ratio at birth by province in the four Chinese censuses and calculate the proportion of single males and females and their ratio. Using the 2010 census data, we then project the marriage squeeze sex ratio of first marriage partners, as well as the male surplus in China’s future. We explore the potential impact of the male surplus on families of single men, communities, public health, and violent behavior, in addition to the effect of the female shortage on potential improvement of female social status.
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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