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understand the local situation and opinions from different aspects.
Opinions and suggestions on intervention approaches to balance the
sex ratio at birth were collected from focus group discussions (or, in an
approach of nominal group 2 if appropriate and individual interviews.
Interviews with village leaders and authorities, village family planning
workers, as well as local people were also a part of data collection.
Figure 1 An analytic framework of the determinants of sex ratio at birth in
China
Social
environment
Economic
development
Family needs
Individual
opinion
Administrative
management
Technical
capacity
Traditional practice of marriage
Role of media
Women’s economic and family status
Policies not protecting women’s rights
Local economic development
Support system for elderly (by society)
Migration of labour force
Women’s employment
Function and role of children
Old age support (by both family and
society)
Land distribution practice
Family need of labour
Son dependence of old age care
Continuation of family line
Preference for a boy
Government’s attention to deal with SRB
Management of ultrasonic equipment
Management to last trimester induced
abortion
Awareness to SRB among technical service
providers
Technical capacity of local public service
Technical capacity of private sectors
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Son preference
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Sex selection
of foetus
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Imbalanced
sex ratio at
birth
2 Nominal Group Technique is a form of brainstorming with a small group for
problem diagnosing, decision making, or problem solving. The process involves
generating, recording, discussing, and voting ideas. The purpose of using nominal
group approach for this specific study is to identify major factors in the framework of
Figure 1 with family planning workers and service providers.