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If current trends continue, 24 million men will find themselves bachel
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If current trends continue, 24 million men will find themselves bachelors for life by 2020. China’s “one-child policy” has had an unintended effect: the narrowing of the gene pool. Female children are aborted more than 50 percent of the time, because families want a male heir. From 2000 to 2013, the sex-ratio at birth has gradually climbed to 117:100 in favor of male births, meaning that for every 117 boys only 100 girls were born.
The one-child policy, first put into effect in the 1980s, was designed to slow the rapid growth of the Chinese people, as that growth was causing severe overcrowding. Leaders believed the policy would protect the country’s resources and improve productivity. Unfortunately, they did not foresee that the long-held preference for male heirs would lead to a substantial gender imbalance.
Since the introduction of the policy, the fertility rate among Chinese women has dropped from just over 3 births per woman to just 1.8. It is estimated that even though the country has reduced births by roughly 50 percent, there are still 1 million more children born each week than people dying, creating a steady increase in population in spite of the law.
The gender imbalance resulting from China’s one-child policy has produced noticeable side effects. The more severe this imbalance becomes, the more severe its social side effects will be.
The imbalance causes men who know they are unlikely to form strong family ties to become vagrants. The nation has experienced an increased crime rate that is frequently linked to a large transient population of about 80 million unmarried, low-status, adult males. These individuals are commonly willing to resort to crime to improve their situations, given they have no family ties and perceive that they have nothing to lose.
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1. Consider each of the items listed below. Select Yes if the item can be determined based on the information given in the three sources. Otherwise, select No.
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The number of vagrants in the Chinese population: No
The percent decrease in fertility rate of Chinese women since the introduction of one child policy: Yes
The number of female children expected to be born in China in 2020: No
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2. Consider each of the items listed below. Select Yes if the item can be determined based on the information given in the three sources. Otherwise, select No.
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The genetic traits that predispose a woman to give birth to female child: No
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3. Suppose that over the next 10 years, for every 100 female children born the number of male births reaches 160. If all of the information in the three sources is accurate, the number of male births for every female birth would be closest to ________.
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10 Oct 2023, 10:35
In question 1, can someone please help explain why the number of vagrants in the Chinese population is “No” when the passage states “about 80 million unmarried, low-status, adult males who have no family ties and perceive that they have nothing to lose.
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Source #2 indicates that since the introduction of the one-child policy, the fertility rate among Chinese women has dropped from just more than 3 births per woman to 1.8 births per woman. The percent decrease in the fertility rate can be determined based on this information. This is the only one of the three items that can be determined based on the sources provided.
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Nsingh06 wrote:
In question 1, can someone please help explain why the number of vagrants in the Chinese population is “No” when the passage states “about 80 million unmarried, low-status, adult males who have no family ties and perceive that they have nothing to lose.
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The section of the passage you quoted specifically refers to the transient male subset of the population. It can be inferred from the passage and the wording of the sentence that the population of 80 million males may not be the full population of vagrants - the vagrant population could include women as well, while the passage only mentions a subset of 80 million men.
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pooh.2304 wrote:
Can you please provide the solution for question 3?
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3. Suppose that over the next 10 years, for every 100 female children born the number of male births reaches 160. If all of the information in the three sources is accurate, the number of male births for every female birth would be closest to ________.
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If there are 160 male births for every 100 female births, then for every 10 females born, 16 males would be born. Reducing the ratio further, for every 1 female born, 1.6 males would be born. This number is rounded up to 2 males for each female.
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Nsingh06 wrote:
In question 1, can someone please help explain why the number of vagrants in the Chinese population is “No” when the passage states “about 80 million unmarried, low-status, adult males who have no family ties and perceive that they have nothing to lose.
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I think because it can be assumed that 80 million might become vagrants it's not mentioned every unmarried will become vagrant
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11 Jan 2024, 08:21
Sajjad1994 wrote:
Source #2 indicates that since the introduction of the one-child policy, the fertility rate among Chinese women has dropped from just more than 3 births per woman to 1.8 births per woman. The percent decrease in the fertility rate can be determined based on this information. This is the only one of the three items that can be determined based on the sources provided.
So in question 2, how can we know how many male:female birth ratio in 2013? Shouldn't the answer be no?
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ayushchobs05 wrote:
So in question 2, how can we know how many male:female birth ratio in 2013? Shouldn't the answer be no?
Read carefully!
From the first Tab: "From 2000 to 2013, the sex-ratio at birth has gradually climbed to 117:100 in favor of male births, meaning that for every 117 boys only 100 girls were born."
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