China’s gender gap has increased to 119 boys for every 100 girls, with fears that it could lead to a marriage problem. The disparity may be due to infanticide and abortion after the one-child-per-family rule was adopted in the 1980s. China has since relaxed the rule.
The gender gap among Chinese children is approximately 119 boys for every 100 girls. The increase was sharp: in the 1980s, there were about 108 boys for every 100 girls. For reference, there are approximately 105 boys to 100 girls in the United States.
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There are fears that the disparity among Chinese children could lead to a marriage problem: at this rate, by 2020, there will be 30 to 40 million more boys than girls.
Some of the reasons for the asymmetry may be due to an increase in infanticide and abortion after the Chinese government adopted the one-child-per-family rule in the 1980s.
China has since relaxed the rule: most rural couples are allowed to have two children. Only families from larger cities are now subject to the one-child rule.
There are more than 1.3 billion people living in China, the largest population in the world.
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