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Interactions of socioeconomic determinants, offspring sex preference, and fertility behaviour

Author(s) -

Zongli Tang,

Paul M. Sharp

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

canadian studies in population

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.157

H-Index - 8

eISSN - 1927-629X

pISSN - 0380-1489

DOI - 10.25336/p6tk6k

Subject(s) - fertility , socioeconomic status , preference , normative , demography , offspring , educational attainment , population , psychology , social psychology , sociology , economics , political science , pregnancy , economic growth , biology , law , genetics , microeconomics

Using path anaysis and the 5 per cent PUMS data of the 1990 and 2000 [US] censuses, this study examines: (1) the correlation between Chinese-American sex preference for children and their fertility behavior; and (2) the interaction between the sex preference and its socioeconomic determinants. Of thenormative and non-normative factors investigated in this study, offspring sex preference is the greatest stimulus to Chinese fertility. Of the socioeconomic variables, women’s educational attainment plays a primary role in depressing the impact of son preference, in addition to their increasing stay in the hostsociety. However, these two factors do not work on husbands in the same way, demonstrating men’s inflexible attitudes toward gender roles in the family and in society. Son preference exerts a positive impact on American-Chinese fertility and prevents further decline; still, this influence has been diminishing since 1990, as observed in this study.

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