Figure 1.9 Sex ratio at birth, 1982–2017
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Sources: National Bureau of Statistics, 1982, 1990, 2000, and 2010 Tabulation on the Population Census of China (respectively published in 1985, 1993, 2002 and 2012); 1987, 1995, 2005 and 2015 1% Tabulation on the National Population Sample Survey (respectively published in 1988, 1997, 2007 and 2016); Statistics on Women and Children in China, 2018 (2016–2017 data)
Figure 1.9
In the absence of intervention, the SRB generally ranges between 103 and 107 male births per 100 female births. China’s SRB has become progressively skewed, increasing from 108.5 males per 100 females in 1982 to the peak of 118.6 males per 100 females in 2005. Although it dropped to 113.5 in 2015 and declined further to 111.9 in 2017 due to gradual relaxation of the family planning policy in recent years, China still has one of severely imbalanced SRBs in the world. The abnormally high SRB highlights the extent to which girls are denied the right to life and reflects deep-seated sex discrimination that adversely affects girls’ development.