Fertility Decline and Gender Bias in Northern India.

Although it is widely acknowledged that the preference for sons is a barrier to a decline in fertility, considerable disagreement exists as to what actually happens to this preference when fertility declines in a region of low female autonomy. By analyzing the data from the National Family Health Su...

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Published in:	Demography Vol. 40; no. 4; pp. 637 - 658
Main Authors:	Bhat, P. N. Mari, Zavier, A. J. Francis
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Science & Business Media B.V. November 2003
Subjects:	Sex of children, Parental preferences for Attitude (Psychology) Indian women (Asians) Family size Fertility, Human India
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost