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The Effect of Gender Preference on Contraceptive Use and Fertility in Rural Egypt
Author(s) -
Yount Kathryn M.,
Langsten Ray,
Hill Kenneth
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
studies in family planning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1728-4465
pISSN - 0039-3665
DOI - 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2000.00290.x
Subject(s) - fertility , demography , odds , family planning , population , medicine , developing country , research methodology , logistic regression , sociology , economics , economic growth
Data are used from two surveys of currently married women aged 15–44 conducted in 1979–80 and 1990–91 to explore the changing impact of gender preference on modern contraceptive use and on fertility in rural Menoufia, Egypt. The significantly positive effects on contraceptive use of having one or more sons in 1979 remained constant in 1990. Families without living sons had higher odds of having a birth than did families with two or more sons during 1979–80, and these relative odds were even higher in 1990–91 among families with three or more living children. The implications of these findings for subsequent declines in aggregate fertility are discussed.