Parental Gender Preferences and Reproductive Behaviour
A Review of the Recent Literature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 24078207 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karsten Hank (0000-0003-1844-7612, University of Mannheim, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 759-767 |
| Publication date | 2007-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Biosocial Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9320 • E-ISSN: 1469-7599 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0021932006001787 |
| PMID | 17156588 |
| OpenAlex | W1966565334 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 37 |
| References cited | 27 |
This paper reviews various theoretical approaches towards an explanation of parental gender preferences and empirical findings from developing as well as from industrialized countries, focusing on the role of gender preferences in reproductive decisions. Although various attempts have been made to shed light on the mechanisms underlying the observed patterns of sex preferences for children, a fully satisfying theoretical explanation is still not at hand. Empirically, a distinct and stable preference for at least one child of each sex can be observed as a common pattern of parental sex preferences across many different social, economic and cultural contexts. Further – and ideally multidisciplinary – research that helps to improve our understanding of this phenomenon is highly desirable.
Developed country · Developing country · Developmental psychology · Economic growth · Economics · Multidisciplinary approach · Phenomenon · Population · Preference · Social science · Sociology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Global Maternal and Child Health · Psychology · Social Psychology
Parental Status and Gender Preferences for Children
High Fertility Regions in Bangladesh
Intergenerational Transmission of Reproductive Behaviour in Botswana
Breadwinning families
Children, Value of
The effect of sibship size on educational attainment of the first born
Intentions for a third child
Parental gender preferences and fertility ideals in China
Dimensions of Rational Decision-Making during the Demographic Transition; Aranjuez (Spain) Revisited
Son Preference, Household Wealth Status, and Desire for More Children in the Context of Polygyny in Pakistan
You Get the Baby You Need”
Transition to third birth among immigrant mothers in Sweden
Parental sex-preferences in South Africa
Adopting Again
Do Ambivalent Women Have an Unmet Need for Family Planning? A Longitudinal Study from Bali, Indonesia
Live birth sex ratios and father's geographic origins in Jerusalem, 1964–1976
Natives’ and Immigrants’ Gender Preferences for Children in Germany
Navigating New Socio-Demographic Landscapes
Using Split-Population Models to Examine Predictors of the Probability and Timing of Parity Progression
Sex Selection for Daughters
Is Two Still Best? Change in Parity-Specific Fertility Across Education in Low-Fertility Countries
The Effect of Childhood Family Size on Fertility in Adulthood
Parental Investment, Status, and Child Gender
Two Is Best? The Persistence of a Two‐Child Family Ideal in Europe
Survival and sex composition of offspring
Présentation
The Effect of Offspring Sex on Parents' Migration Probabilities and Outcomes-A Natural Experiment
First-Time Motherhood Experiences and the Decision to Have a Second Child
Postmarital residence and child sex selection
Sex composition of children, parental separation, and parity progression
Gender preferences and fertility
Intergenerational transmission of ethnic identity in mixed native couples in Finland
Immigrant mothers' preferences for children's sexes
Fertility patterns and sex composition preferences in immigrant-native unions in Sweden
Sex preference for children in German villages during the fertility transition
Adapting Family Size and Composition
Wanting Mixed-Sex Children
Sons or daughters
Preference for a First-Born Boy in Western Societies
Sons, Daughters, and Parental Behaviour
Missing women—revisited
Selective gender differences in childhood nutrition and immunization in rural India
Sex Preferences for Children Revisited
Sex composition of children as a determinant of marriage disruption and marriage formation
Are simple tests of son preference useful? An evaluation using data from Vietnam
The desire for a son is the father of many daughters
Parental Preferences for Sex of Children in Canada
Values and Disvalues of Children in Successive Childbearing Decisions
Gendering family composition
Child gender and the transition to marriage
Son preference and sex composition of children
Sex of Previous Children and Intentions for Further Births in the United States, 1965–1976
Son Preference, the Family-building Process and Child Mortality in India
The Stopping and Spacing of Childbirths and Their Birth-History Predictors
Emerging Parental Gender Indifference? Sex Composition of Children and the Third Birth
Fertility and Son Preference in Korea
Causes and Implications of the Recent Increase in the Reported Sex Ratio at Birth in China
Garçon ou fille? Les préférences pour le sexe des enfants dans les générations suédoises 1946-1975
Un garcon ou une fille? Le choix des femmes et des hommes a l'egard d'un seul enfant
Girls or Boys? Relationship of Child Gender to Marital Instability
Do Parents of Girls Have a Higher Risk of Divorce? An Eighteen-Country Study
Girls preferred? Changing Patterns of Sex Preferences in the Two German States
Sons, Daughters, and the Risk of Marital Disruption
Size of Family and Preference for Children of Each Sex
| Unique citing works | 37 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,31 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2026 (17) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 33 |