Girl adoption in China-A less-known side of son preference
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4267751 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yuyu Chen (0000-0002-9191-5980, King University), Avraham Ebenstein (0000-0003-1276-4537, Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Lena Edlund (Columbia University), Hongbin Li (0000-0002-5229-0076, Tsinghua University) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 161-178 |
| Publication date | 2015-05-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Population Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-4728 • E-ISSN: 1477-4747 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00324728.2015.1009253 |
| PMID | 25789605 |
| OpenAlex | W2048099240 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 27 |
In 1987, 4 per cent of girls were adopted within China. Why? Unlike infanticide, abandonment rids parents of daughters while preserving the supply of potential brides. In fact, an erstwhile tradition common in Fujian and Jiangxi provinces had parents of sons adopting an infant girl to serve as a future daughter-in-law and household help. Analysing a nationally representative 1992 survey of children, we found that: (1) girl adoptions were concentrated in the above-mentioned provinces; (2) girls were predominantly adopted by families with sons; (3) adopted girls faced substantial disadvantage as measured by school attendance at ages 8-13. In the 1990s, as the sex ratio at birth climbed, were girls aborted rather than abandoned? Observing that in the 2000 census too many girls appear in families with older sons, we estimated that at least 1/25 girls were abandoned in the 1990s, a proportion that in Fujian and Jiangxi may have peaked at 1/10 in 1994
Abandonment (legal) · Attendance · Census · China · Daughter · Demographic economics · Developmental psychology · Disadvantage · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Girl · Political science · Population · Preference · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Global Maternal and Child Health · Law · Psychology
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The Scenario of Adoption and Foster Care in Relation to the Reproductive Medicine Practice in Asia
Abandoned children in China
Difference in the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Only-Child Students and Students With Siblings, According to Sex and Region
Recent sex ratio at birth in China
Unhappy Love in a Gender-Imbalanced China
Overestimated SRB and Missing Girls in China
Unintended benefits of parental son preference
Siblings and life transitions
Parental choices and outcomes in intercountry adoption
Evidence of Son Preference in the Child Trafficking Market for Illegal Adoption in China
Land Reform and Sex Selection in China
Causes of child adoption in Taiwan, 1906-1945
Causes of child adoption in Taiwan, 1906–1945
China
Adoption
Confucianism and Imbalance in the Sex Ratio at Birth in Modern China
Decollectivization and Child Adoption in Rural China
Child trafficking from south-west to south-east China
The Social and Sociological Consequences of China's One-Child Policy
Son-biased sex ratios in the 2000 United States Census
Economic returns to schooling in urban China, 1988 to 2001
Mother’s education and child health
Asian and African Systems of Slavery
Women and Property in China, 960-1949
The "Missing Girls" of China and the Unintended Consequences of the One Child Policy
The “Missing Girls” of China and the Unintended Consequences of the One Child Policy
Sex Ratios and Crime
Who Adopts Girls and Why? Domestic Adoption of Female Children in Contemporary Rural China
Why Do Girls in Rural China Have Lower School Enrollment
The Competitive Saving Motive
Son Preference, Sex Ratios, and Marriage Patterns
The Enforcement of Property Rights in Children, and the Marriage Contract
The Missing Girls of China
Infant Abandonment and Adoption in China
Physical well-being and school enrollment
Factors affecting adoption in China, 1950-87
Son Preference and the Persistence of Culture
Causes and Implications of the Recent Increase in the Reported Sex Ratio at Birth in China
Restraining Population Growth in Three Chinese Villages, 1988-93
Prenatal Sex Determination and Sex-Selective Abortion in Rural Central China
The Politics of the Revival of Infant Abandonment in China, with Special Reference to Hunan
Agnates and Outsiders
Adopt a Daughter-in-Law, Marry a Sister
Child Adoption in Contemporary Rural China
| Unique citing works | 20 |
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| Citations per year | 2,5 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |