Table 4 Proportion of selective abortion by birth order and residence (%)
From: Sex-selective abortions over the past four decades in China
Birth Order | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
City | Township | Village | City | Township | Village | City | Township | Village | |
1 | 2.64(94,324) | 3.95(56,390) | −0.33(237,653) | 6.56(112,956) | 7.41(64,641) | 6.71(168,579) | 5.39(127,127) | 7.36(59,884) | 7.09(73,362) |
2 | 28.19(12,456) | 31.43(12,042) | 30.33(97,865) | 19.81(28,618) | 20.21(31,639) | 17.80(101,409) | 2.14(105,184) | 0.64(66,008) | −1.08(81,394)a |
3 +  | 37.33(1458) | 41.23(1985) | 32.47(23,355) | 39.55(2722) | 37.27(4660) | 31.27(22,763) | 26.54(12,942) | 21.90(14,788) | 15.49(30,394) |
Total | 7.14(108,238) | 11.59(70,417) | 12.88(358,874) | 10.42(144,296) | 13.65(100,940) | 13.18(292,751) | 5.48(245,253) | 6.22(140,680) | 5.27(185,150) |