Determining the impact of sex preferences on fertility: A consideration of parity progression ratio, dominance, and stopping rule measures | Zendy

Gary H. McClelland | Zendy

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Determining the impact of sex preferences on fertility: A consideration of parity progression ratio, dominance, and stopping rule measures

Author(s) -

Gary H. McClelland

Publication year - 1979

Publication title -

demography

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.099

H-Index - 129

eISSN - 1533-7790

pISSN - 0070-3370

DOI - 10.2307/2061219

Subject(s) - parity (physics) , fertility , dominance (genetics) , demography , population , psychology , biology , sociology , genetics , physics , particle physics , gene

The two methods commonly used to assess the effect of sex preferences on fertility are inadequate to the task. Parity progression ratio analyses suffer from logical problems stemming from the heterogeneity of sex preferences and the riskiness of fertility decisions. While conjoint measurement-dominance procedures overcome these logical problems, they cannot yield quantitative estimates of the impact of sex preferences on fertility. A stopping rule measure which overcomes these limitations is proposed and described and its potential for determining the effect of sex predetermination methods on population is discussed.

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