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Son preference and sex composition of children: Evidence from india
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-level effects on the sex composition of children ever born. First, data from India show that smaller families have a significantly higher proportion of sons than larger families. Second, socially and economically disadvantaged couples and couples from the northern region of India not only want but also attain a higher proportion of sons, if the effects of family size are controlled.
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- Authors
- Clark, S.
- Venue
- Demography
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Published
- 2000-02-01
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 95-108
- ISSN
- 0070-3370 (ISSN-L)
- 1533-7790
- OpenAlex
- W2074655452
- Cited by
- 462
- References
- 25
- FWCI
- 12.11
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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