--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <salsunshine@> [...[ > > was, and it's *especially* noticeable in many rural > > areas, in which apparently somewhat larger families are allowed. > > Even so, in many villages boys still outnumber girls supposedly by > > 4 to 1. > > Don't know about that statistic. In one recent > census, the proportion of males to females throughout > China was 106:100. The "natural" proportion in > China is 104:100. It adds up, certainly, over a > billion people, but it's not as bad as I had been > imagining. And the excess of males is going down.
Given that's child-raising age, its not a good statistic, though I agree its not as bad as it could be. Also, this is the NATIONAL average. There may well be some places where the ratio is really bad. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/