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Demography (2006) 43 (2): 269–292.
Published: 01 May 2006
... ). The Fourth Korean Child: The Effect of Son Preference on Subsequent Fertility . Journal of Biosocial Science , 10 , 95 – 106 . 10.1017/S0021932000011482 Park , C.B. , & Cho , N. ( 1995 ). Consequences of Son Preference in a Low-Fertility Society: Imbalance of the Sex Ratio at Birth...
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Demography (2006) 43 (2): 255–267.
Published: 01 May 2006
...Gunnar Andersson; Karsten Hank; Marit Rønsen; Andres Vikat Abstract It has been argued that a society’s gender system may influence parents’ sex preferences for children. If this is true, one should expect to find no evidence of such preferences in countries with a high level of gender equality...
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Demography (1982) 19 (2): 177–189.
Published: 01 May 1982
... increase in sons as first-born and daughters as second children; that the overall sex ratio would be little changed from that occurring naturally except at very low fertility levels with universal use of such technology; and that fertility is only minimally influenced by gender preferences. 27 1 2011...
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Demography (1981) 18 (1): 27–37.
Published: 01 February 1981
...Kathy R. Widmer; Gary H. McClelland; Carol A. Nickerson Abstract The stopping rule measure of sex preferences represents a combination of psychological measures of preference and behavioral intentions. This study of 172 college students demonstrates that the stopping rule measure is a useful...
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Demography (1979) 16 (3): 377–388.
Published: 01 August 1979
...Gary H. McClelland Abstract The two methods commonly used to assess the effect of sex preferences on fertility are inadequate to the task. Parity progression ratio analyses suffer from logical problems stemming from the heterogeneity of sex preferences and the riskiness of fertility decisions...
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Demography (1987) 24 (1): 139–142.
Published: 01 February 1987
...Fred Arnold 27 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1987 1987 Family Planning High Parity Desire Family Size World Fertility Survey International Statistical Institute References Arnold , F. ( 1985 ). Measuring the effect of sex preference on fertility...
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Demography (1987) 24 (1): 137–138.
Published: 01 February 1987
...Radheshyam Bairagi 27 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1987 1987 Married Woman Living Child Development Review Percent Rate Prefer Size References Ahmed , N. R. ( 1981 ). Family size and sex preferences among women in rural Bangladesh . Studies...
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Demography (1985) 22 (2): 280–288.
Published: 01 May 1985
.... , Verrall J. , & Vaessen M. ( 1983 ). PReferences for the Sex of Children and Their Influence on Reproductive Behavior . Voorburg, Netherlands : International Statistical Institute . Freedman R. , & Coombs I. C. ( 1974 ). Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Data on Two Factors...
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Demography (1987) 24 (4): 517–530.
Published: 01 November 1987
... . Ann Arbor : University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research . Arnold , F. ( 1985 ). Measuring the effect of sex preference on fertility: The case of Korea . Demography , 22 , 280 – 288 . 10.2307/2061182 Basu , D. N. , Roy , R. , & Nikhil , P. ( 1979...
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Demography (1975) 12 (1): 67–79.
Published: 01 February 1975
...William F. Stinner; Paul Douglas Mader Abstract An analysis of family sex composition preferences as well as the relationship between actual family sex composition and desire for no additional children among a national sample of Filipino women is presented. An emphasis on balance or son-daughter...
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Demography (2000) 37 (1): 95–108.
Published: 01 February 2000
...Shelley Clark Abstract Although the effect of son preference on sex composition of children ever born is undetectable in national-level estimates that aggregate across all families, this article provides empirical evidence from India that son preference has two pronounced and predictable family...
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Demography (1983) 20 (3): 333–352.
Published: 01 August 1983
...Chai Bin Park Abstract This study investigates the effects of son preference on sex ratio and fertility at the family level, utilizing World Fertility Survey data for Korea, whose population is known to have a strong preference for sons and a fairly high level of contraceptive use. The sex ratio...
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Demography (1989) 26 (3): 451–465.
Published: 01 August 1989
.... ( 1981 ). Implicit sex preferences: A comparative study . Journal of Biosocial Sciences , 13 , 455 – 466 . James , W. H. ( 1975 ). Sex ratio and the sex composition of existing sibs . Annals of Human Genetics , 38 , 371 – 389 . 10.1111/j.1469-1809.1975.tb00624.x Keyfitz , N...
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Demography (2016) 53 (5): 1261–1281.
Published: 16 September 2016
... for sons was declining, SRB distortions emerged due to rapid diffusion of prenatal sex determination technology combined with small but growing propensities to abort at low birth parities. Simulations reveal that relatively low levels of son preference (about 20 % to 30 % wanting one son) can result...
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Demography (2022) 59 (1): 61–88.
Published: 01 February 2022
... ). However, during this period, India also witnessed the advent of sex selection—the selective abortion of female fetuses based on prenatal sex determination—with the introduction of ultrasound in the mid-1980s. In combination with a strong, continued preference for sons, the result was a dramatic increase...
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Demography (1977) 14 (3): 285–296.
Published: 01 August 1977
... of bearing their desired number of sons and daughters. Second, the effect of the widespread use of sex-selection techniques on the population sex ratio is explored. It is shown that even if populations have unbiased sex preferences, or sex preferences biased towards daughters, the use of biased sex-selection...
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Demography (1974) 11 (1): 131–142.
Published: 01 February 1974
... categories chose males for their first child. Of those who actually had girls for their first child, a plurality would, nevertheless, prefer a first boy in their desired family. It was hypothesized and demonstrated that sex-role ideologies were a strong predictor of variance in first-child sex preferences...
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Demography (1978) 15 (1): 57–73.
Published: 01 February 1978
...Lolagene C. Coombs; Dorothy Fernandez Abstract Data from Malaysia on the reproductive goals of husbands and wives are analyzed to determine level of agreement, using new scale measures on preferences for number and sex of children as well as the conventional measure of desired number of children...
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Published: 19 February 2011
Fig. 7 Expected children by sex under different fertility policies and son preference assumptions a Assumes all parents have as many children as allowed under regulations and have full access to sex selection. Figures on upper diagram show the contribution of sons and daughters (by birth order
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Published: 19 February 2011
Fig. 7 Expected children by sex under different fertility policies and son preference assumptions a Assumes all parents have as many children as allowed under regulations and have full access to sex selection. Figures on upper diagram show the contribution of sons and daughters (by birth order
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