Determinants of Stated Son Preference in India: Are Men and Women Different?

Robitaille, Marie-Claire

doi:10.1080/00220388.2012.682986

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“…xvii For education, see Chung and Das Gupta (2007), Koolwal (2007), Pande and Astone (2007), Robitaille (2013), Yount (2005. For media exposure, see Pande and Astone (2007) and Robitaille (2013). xviii While this paper focuses on mothers-in-law's influence, there is no doubt that husbands are also important decision makers.…”

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“…xvi In contrast, Pande and Astone (2007) conclude that Muslim women have higher son preference than Hindu women but that women who are of another faith than Hinduism or Islam have lower son preference than Hindu women. xvii For education, see Chung and Das Gupta (2007), Koolwal (2007), Pande and Astone (2007), Robitaille (2013), Yount (2005. For media exposure, see Pande and Astone (2007) and Robitaille (2013).…”

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“…In Robitaille (2013), it was shown that younger women, more educated women and women more exposed to media have, everything else constant, a lower stated son preference. Daughters-in-law are more likely to have those characteristics than their mothers-in-law (Table 1).…”

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Mothers-in-Law and Son Preference in India

Robitaille

Chatterjee

2013

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Mothers-in-Law and Son Preference in India

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Chatterjee

2013

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“…Likewise, in patrilineal inheritance systems all familial inheritance is transferred to male heirs (ibid). Patrilocal-patrilineal norms reinforce preference for sons because families do not expect to benefit from investing in daughters who will leave the natal home upon marriage (Das Gupta et al 2003;Robitaille 2013), while sons are expected to provide financial assistance to aging parents and to pass family property on to the next generation (Das Gupta et al 2003). Empirical evidence suggests that patrilocal kinship systems are associated with lower rates of female child survival (Kishor 1993;Dyson and Moore 1983).…”

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The relationship between women's paid employment and women's stated son preference in India

Behrman¹,

Duvisac²

2017

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OBJECTIVEWe explore whether women's paid employment is associated with reductions in women's stated son preference in India and whether these results vary by employment sector (agriculture, manufacturing, services, professional-technical) and skill level (education and literacy). METHODSWe conduct a logistic regression analysis of the relationship between women's paid employment and women's stated son preference among a sample of never-pregnant Indian women. We use the 2005 India National Family Health Survey (NFHS). RESULTSWomen's paid employment in the service and manufacturing sectors is associated with significant reductions in the stated son preference of low-skilled women (i.e., low education and literacy). However, this negative association goes away for women at higher skill levels. In fact, paid employment in manufacturing is associated with significantly higher stated son preference among university-educated women. However, women's paid employment in agriculture and the professional-technical sectors is not significantly associated with women's stated son preference. Finally, the association between women's paid employment and stated son preference is significantly larger for women living in north India than for women living in south and east India. CONCLUSIONSWe hypothesize that significant negative associations between women's paid employment and women's stated son preference occur only in cases where paid employment changes the economic status of women within the family. CONTRIBUTIONOur analysis demonstrates that there are important linkages between women's paid

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“…Only statistics for the first four are presented in Tables 2 and 3. Women residing with their in-laws may face more pressure to sex select [Robitaille (2013)], although this is not apparent in the descriptive statistics. In Table 2, second-born females are more likely to have a mother that is the household head.…”

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Son preference and the fertility squeeze in India

Aksan

2021

J. Dem. Econ.

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India's sex ratio at birth (SRB) has become increasingly masculine, coinciding with a declining total fertility rate. Couples often resort to sex-selective abortion or even infanticide to ensure the birth of a son. We use household-level data from all four waves of India's National Family Health Survey (NFHS) to investigate the effect of India's demographic transition on the SRB. Mixed-effects logit regression analysis demonstrates that since the early 1990s, the probability of a third-order birth being male is decreasing in the number of sons previously born, while for second-order births, this effect does not become apparent until the 2000s. Accounting for geographic heterogeneity in the fertility transition, we find additional heterogeneity in son preference and sex selection at the village/neighborhood level. This heterogeneity has strengthened over time at both second- and third-order births and in more and less gender skewed regions of the country, suggesting potential convergence in sex ratios across India. By incorporating the most recent 2015–16 round of the NFHS, we demonstrate that previously documented trends in sex selection continue, and additionally that sex selection is increasingly occurring at lower parities as the desire for a smaller family combines with the traditional preference for sons.

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Determinants of Stated Son Preference in India: Are Men and Women Different?

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