User:Berenice Mondragon/Missing women

In mainlamd China families are less willing to sell male babies even though they carry a higher price in the trade.

In mainland China, families are less willing to sell male babies even though they carry a higher price in the trade

Some research has also noted that in the mid-1990s a reverse began in the observed trends in the regions of Asia where originally the male/female ratios were high

Some research has also noted that in the mid-1990s, the observed trends reversed in regions of Asia where male/female ratios were high.

Overall, underreporting and trafficking may be too small to account for the staggering numbers of missing women across south-eastern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa though they may be related in causal factors.[improper synthesis?]

Accordingly, underreporting and trafficking are minor but crucial factors affecting the amplified number of missing women across south-eastern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.

Oster's challenge was met with counter arguments of its own as researchers tried to sort out the available data and control for other possible confounding factors. Avraham Ebenstein questioned Oster's conclusion based on the fact that among first born children the sex ratio is close to the natural one. It is the skewed female-male ratios among second and third born children that account for the bulk of the disparity. In other words, if Hepatitis B was responsible for the skewed ratio then one would expect it to be true among all children, regardless of birth order.

However, the fact that the skewness arose less among the later born than among the first born children, suggested that factors other than the disease were involved. (citation)

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