Question

Which of these is a demographic shift that has resulted from China’s one-child policy?

Answer 1

Answer:

Option: Gender imbalance

Explanation:

The one-child policy was a program introduced in China by the Chinese government in 1980 to limit families to have one child. The policy address the growth rate of the country's population, which began to grow too rapidly. The one-child policy led to gender equality in China. Sons were preferred over daughters in China, which led to the rise in the number of abortions of female fetuses.

Answer 2

The correct answer is B) gender imbalance.

The demographic shift that has resulted from China’s one-child policy is gender imbalance.

Originally, the intention of the one-child policy was to reduce the population growth in that populated country. Some people say it reduces population in 300 million in twenty years, but the policy also carried another consequences that were not foreseen by the government such as gender imbalance. After those years, males babies have outnumbered females babies. The sex ratio was 1.7 in 2001. The sex ratio at birth is the proportion of boys live births to girls live births.