Son preference in China is a gender preference issue underpinned by the belief that boys have more value than girls.[1] In China, the bias towards male over female offspring is demonstrated by the sex ratio at birth (SRB).[2]
Key factors driving the son preference include the economic impact on families, since men are expected to care for their parents in old age, while women are not.[3] Further, Chinese agrarian society influences sex preference, as agriculture is often perceived as men's work in China.[4]
These issues were dramatically compounded by the implementation of the Chinese Communist Party's one-child rule in 1979.
- ^ Indo Canadian Women's Association (2018). "Preference for a Male Child".
- ^ Seager, Joni (2009). The Penguin Atlas of Women in the World. New York: New York: Penguin Group. p. 42.
- ^ Li, Shuzhuo; Feldman, Marcus W.; Jin, Xiaoyi (2004). "Children, Marriage Form, and Family Support for the Elderly in Contemporary Rural China". Research on Aging. 26 (3): 352–384. doi:10.1177/0164027503262477. ISSN 0164-0275. S2CID 145583711.
- ^ "中国的性别危机". www.chinadialogue.net. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 2018-11-08.
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