How Do Demographic Trends Change? The Onset of Birth Masculinization in Albania, Georgia, and Vietnam 1990-2005

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ID4122260
AutoresChristophe Z Guilmoto (0000-0003-4082-4664, Centre Population et Développement), Nora Dudwick, Arjan Gjonca, Laura Rahm (0000-0001-9211-8919)
Año2018
Volumen44
Número1
Páginas37-61
Fecha de publicación2018-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPopulation and Development Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0098-7921 • E-ISSN: 1728-4457
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/padr.12111
OpenAlexW2766674804
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas52

While the rapid rise of the sex ratio at birth in Asia and Eastern Europe is well documented, the conditions surrounding its onset are poorly understood.Was the increase a response to factors determining prenatal sex selection or was it triggered by contingent events?In this paper, we examine the timing of the rise in the sex ratio at birth in Albania, Georgia, and Vietnam, three countries characterized by different social, political and economic conditions in 1990-2005.We take advantage of unique microdata to identify turning points in birth masculinity trends in each of these countries.Thus, the rise in the SRB appears to have clearly started in January 1992 in Georgia, during the first trimester of 1997 in Albania, and in August 2003 in Vietnam.We relate the onset of birth masculinization to various contextual events such as economic and political crisis, significant policy changes and fertility decline.The paper concludes with a discussion on the respective role of triggers of instant demographic change and of more structural factors affecting reproductive choices. HowDo Demographic Trends Change?The Onset of Birth Masculinization in Albania, Georgia and Vietnam in 1990-2005

Citation · Library science · Population · Sociology · Computer Science · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving