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better future, for example, to be better educated, to find a good job, to
make parents proud of him, and to provide in return better old age
support to parents. Furthermore, the traditional responsibility of old
age care is still borne by sons and daughters-in-law in most part of
China, especially in rural area, where family is almost the sole support
for the elderly. Therefore, the imbalanced SRB is the consequence of
combined social problems and is caused by multiple factors.
Consequently, it needs to be solved in a comprehensive way combining
efforts from all sectors.
Table 1 Sex ratio of current child by gender of previous children, China, in
2000
No. of previous children Sex composition Sex ratio of the current child
None 105.5
One 1 boy 107.3
1 girl 190.0
Two 2 boys 76.5
1 boy and 1 girl 122.1
2 girls 380.6
Three or more girl>boy 231.3
girl=boy 160.0
Source: Yu (2003).
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