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There have been more and more articles on this issue coming out recently. The truly saddening and astounding stats regarding the birth ratios of second, third and fourth children. Supposedly, the preference for boys in many countries has pushed the world-wide ratio to something like 107 boys for every 100 girls. The author of the column asserts that the natural ratio always falls between 104 and 106 and going outside of 106 is the result of unnatural events, i.e. selective abortion.
In the Economist article from several weeks ago, they indicated that there is something like 40 million more males under the age of 20 or 25 then there are females. It then said that basically that the population of males in excess of females for this age group in China equals the entire number of males in this age group in the United States (I forget the exact number and ages -- does 40 million males under the age of 20 or 25 in the US sound correct?).
The practice seems to be especially prevalent in India and East Asia. The article indicates a smaller trend among Asian populations in the US, but I wonder what the ratio both is overall and when you remove the Asian birth ratio figures.
There have been more and more articles on this issue coming out recently. The truly saddening and astounding stats regarding the birth ratios of second, third and fourth children. Supposedly, the preference for boys in many countries has pushed the world-wide ratio to something like 107 boys for every 100 girls. The author of the column asserts that the natural ratio always falls between 104 and 106 and going outside of 106 is the result of unnatural events, i.e. selective abortion.
In the Economist article from several weeks ago, they indicated that there is something like 40 million more males under the age of 20 or 25 then there are females. It then said that basically that the population of males in excess of females for this age group in China equals the entire number of males in this age group in the United States (I forget the exact number and ages -- does 40 million males under the age of 20 or 25 in the US sound correct?).
The practice seems to be especially prevalent in India and East Asia. The article indicates a smaller trend among Asian populations in the US, but I wonder what the ratio both is overall and when you remove the Asian birth ratio figures.
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