Table A

Table B


Table A Characteristics of 39 585 women interviewed in the Chinese national family planning and reproductive health study, 2001

Characteristic

No

%

Age (years):

  15-19

4 470

11.2

  20-29

10 323

26.1

  30-39

14 716

37.2

  40-49

10 076

25.4

Area of residence:

  Urban

10 072

25.5

  Rural

29 513

74.4

Education:

  Illiterate or semi-literate

6 590

16.6

  Primary school

11 326

28.6

  Secondary school

19 749

49.9

  College or university

1 920

4.8

Marital status:

  Ever married

33 127

83.6

  Never married

6 458

16.3

Ethnic origin:

  Han Chinese

37 091

93.7

  Other

2 494

6.3

 

 

 

Table B  Sex of 56 830 babies born to women interviewed in the Chinese national family planning and reproductive health study, 2001

Birth order

All


Urban areas


Rural areas

Boys

Girls

Sex ratio

Boys

Girls

Sex ratio

Boys

Girls

Sex ratio

1st

15 106

14 204

1.06

  

3561

3162

1.13

  

11 545

11 042

1.05

2nd

9 094

7 354

1.24

  

1132

872

1.30

  

7 962

6 482

1.23

3rd

4 090

3 195

1.28

  

351

294

1.19

  

3 739

2 901

1.29

³ 4th

2 149

1 638

1.31

  

176

147

1.19

  

1 973

1 491

1.32

Total

30 439

26 391

1.15

  

5220

4475

1.16

  

25 219

21 916

1.15

 


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