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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Son preference"”.
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Rethinking Son Preference : Gender, Population Dynamics and Social Change in the People’s Republic of China
This dissertation explores how son preference is constructed and renegotiated in light of social change in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Based on secondary sources and interviews with women and men in rural Anhui Province as well as key informants, it addresses son preference from …
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ESSAYS ON THE LONG –RUN IMPACTS OF THE GREAT CHINESE FAMINE ON HUMAN CAPITAL
… harm of famine for females could be due to son preference or mortality selection, and to disentangle these two effects I use two alternative measures of son preference in ethnic groups. I find that in ethnic groups without strong son preference, the health outcomes for the female famine …
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Deviant fertility in China
… and measured. Descriptive statistics, Pearson's r and analysis of variance, multiple regression, and path analysis are employed in the analysis. Findings from multivariate analyses indicate that a number of factors are significantly related to deviant fertility in China. They are: (1) ideal …
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Fertility and the economic value of children: evidence from Nepal
… purported to affect fertility through increasing son preference. This is because remittances provide security and sons send remittances.<br/><br/>Support is found for all the hypothesised relationships. This implies that the people of rural Nepal value children for the economic benefits they can …
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Traditional Agricultural Practices and Sex Ratios at Birth in Modern Times
… ratio of last birth, which is achieved through son-based fertility stopping preferences. From the 1980s onward the expected sex ratio at birth of plough descendants becomes highly male skewed at lower levels of total fertility, providing evidence that these descendants realize their son …
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Essays on Fertility and Sex Ratios in India
… translate into more male-biased sex ratios if son preference remains strong, especially with greater availability of prenatal sex-selection technology. Chapter 1 investigates whether financial incentives can simultaneously decrease fertility and the sex ratio at birth. I build a model where the …
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Education and Women: Non-Formal Education Among Lower Socioeconomic Status Women in Pakistan In Their Voice
… ‘mobilizer&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;rsquo; person, a sense of well-being while in an educational setting, flexibility in class timing, proximity to the literacy center, need for helping children with school work, acquiring confidence and socializing. The obstructive factors were: women’s …
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Social inequality, reproductive health and child development : a Chhattisgarh village study
… elements of northern kinship appear to bear on son-preference, and undermine a woman’s independence in fertility related decision-making. However, beyond an influence on fertility the influence of gender-inequality on reproductive and child development outcomes could not be read off from …
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Fertility control in the context of the family and society in Pakistan
… functioning of the family planning programme, reasons for the low contraceptive prevalence and sustained high fertility levels in Pakistan. The examination of the status of women in Pakistan has revealed that women have a low level of education (14 per cent) and their participation in the gainful …
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Fertility control in the context of the family and society in Pakistan
… functioning of the family planning programme, reasons for the low contraceptive prevalence and sustained high fertility levels in Pakistan. The examination of the status of women in Pakistan has revealed that women have a low level of education (14 per cent) and their participation in the gainful …
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Children, investments in education and poverty in Malawi
… accounting for endogeneity of fertility by using son preference as an instrumental variable, we found that fertility increases the probability of being objectively poor. This effect is robust for all poverty lines used. It is also robust to accounting for economies of scale and household …