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year. Let
2000. That is,
x
SR2000
SR2000
m,x
x P2000
= f ,x
P2000 JIANG Q. –I. ATTANÉ –LI S. –M. FELDMAN
denote the sex ratio of males to females aged x in
Since we consider remarriage in this chapter, we set the upper age
limit at 60 years old. Incorporating these age-specific sex ratios into Rf
we obtain the adjusted potential first marriage sex ratio R , defined as
R =
60
∑
x =14
m,x x m,x,1
Pi × SR2000 × F2000
60
f ,x f ,x,1
∑ Pi × F2000
x =14
The effect of remarriage on the first marriage market includes the
effects of both male and female remarriage. In the 2000 census data,
m,x
let denote the marriage frequency for males age x who are either
F2000
f ,x
first married or remarried to a first married spouse, and F2000 denote
the marriage frequency for females aged x who are either first married
or remarried to a first married spouse, then we obtain:
(1)
m,x ,1 m,x ,2
f ,x ,1 f ,x ,2
m,x P2000 + P2000 f ,x P2000 + P2000
F2000 = m,x , F2000 = f ,x
P2000 P2000 The union of remarried males and first married females
exacerbates the already male-squeezed first marriage market. In this
chapter, we call it the potential sex ratio of males to first married
females, and denote it by R f 1 . Then
R f 1 =
60
∑
x =14
m,x x m,x
Pi × SR2000 × F2000
Pi f ,x 60
f ,x,1
∑ × F2000 x =14
The union of remarried females and first married males loosens
the male squeeze in the first marriage market. We call it the potential
sex ratio of first married males to females, and let Rm1 denote it as
60
∑
R m1 x =14
=
m,x x m,x,1
Pi × SR2000 × F2000
60
f ,x f ,x
∑ Pi × F2000
x =14
(2)
(3)