This paper examines the relation between the availability of health personnel and infant mortality by sex of infant among ethnic groups with different cultural traditions and with varying levels of socio-economic development. Micro-data from the 1990 Census of China for Xishuangbanna and Yanbian Prefectures are used. (author's) - See more at: http://www.popline.org/node/532607#sthash.Aa7IiMfR.dpuf