Mate Availability and Women’s Sexual Experiences in China

Data from the 1999 – 2000 Chinese Health and Family Life Survey were merged with community-level data from the 1982, 1990, and 2000 Chinese censuses to examine the relationship between the local sex ratio (number of men per 100 women) and sexual outcomes among women (N=1,369). Consistent with hypotheses derived from demographic-opportunity theory, multilevel logistic regression analyses show…