“…Parents' priorities were probably to select the most hard-working, compatible, and amenable child to live with and look after them in old age. Thus, daughters seemed preferable to sons (notable among other inheritance studies are Augustins, 1989;Béaur, 1991Béaur, , 1998Béaur, , 2004Bonnain, 1992;Collomp, 1983;Derouet, 1989Derouet, , 1993Derouet, , 1994Lamaison, 1988;Segalen, 1985;and Yver, 1966). In addition, sons tended to refuse late marriages; they did not want to wait to marry until their younger siblings left home permanently.…”