Research by economists Kerwin Charles and Ming Luoh finds a similar effect when many otherwise-marriageable men end up in prison.
经济学家克尔温·查尔斯(Kerwin Charles)和Ming Luoh的研究发现,当许多本来到适婚年龄的男性最终入狱时,会出现类似的效应。
An article published last year in the Journal of Southern History reported that in 1860, there were 104 marriageable white men for every 100 white women; in 1870, that number dropped to 87.5.
南方历史日报去年发表的一篇文章指出,1860年,适婚的白人男性和女性比例是104比100,1870年这个数字就降到了87.5比100。
There are dozens of single men in Banzhushan village, perched high on a remote mountain peak in central Hunan province - and not one unattached woman of marriageable age.
盘踞在湖南省中部的遥远山峰上的板竹山村有很多的单身汉——同时没有一个适婚年龄的未婚的女性。
Now some of these men have reached marriageable age, resulting in intense competition for spouses, especially in rural areas.
现在这些男性中有一部分已经达到结婚年龄,这就造成争夺配偶的激烈竞争,尤其是在农村地区。
The number of single men of marriageable age in China will reach at least 30 million in 30 years, the result of a widening gender ratio at birth in the last decades, experts said last Monday.
有关专家上周一表示,由于过去几十年性别比例不断扩大,中国适婚年龄的单身男性的人数将在30年内达到至少3000万人。
Lena Edlund, another economist, has found that in the areas of her native Sweden where the wealthiest men live, women of prime marriageable age are over-represented.
另一位经济学家莱娜·埃德隆德(LenaEdlund)发现,在其祖国瑞典最富有男士生活的地区,处于最佳适婚年龄的女性比例过高。
Lena Edlund, another economist, has found that in the areas of her native Sweden where the wealthiest men live, women of prime marriageable age are over-represented.
另一位经济学家莱娜·埃德隆德(LenaEdlund)发现,在其祖国瑞典最富有男士生活的地区,处于最佳适婚年龄的女性比例过高。
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