假设你是新兴中产阶级的一分子，你的收入在增加，而你不希望要太多的孩子，但传统的观念对你还有着无时不刻的影响，而最重要的影响则体现在重男轻女的思想上。

You are part of the new middle class; your income is rising; you want a small family. But traditional mores hold sway around you, most important in the preference for sons over daughters.

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农村家庭不遵守的理由部分在于传统的重男轻女观念。

Part of the reason why rural families refuse to comply is because of the traditional preference for sons.

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但是在中国，独生子女政策以及传统的“重男轻女”观念意味着新生婴儿的男女比例为117：100。

But in China, the one-child policy and the traditional preference for boys mean that 117 boys are born for every 100 baby girls.

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