Various norms and values favouring sons over daughters are an important part of the traditional social system in Korea, particularly the kinship institution and related normative culture. Despite rapid socioeconomic changes, many of these characteristics still exist as institutionalized values.In the second half of the 1980s and the early 1990s, to accommodate both the strong son preference and low fertility, the sex ratio at birth and among young children increased continuously. The main objective of this study is to provide explanations as to why and how the sex ratio at birth increased during that period. The pattern of changing trends and regional differentials in sex ratios from 1960 to 2001 is analysed. Attention is given to the causa...
This dissertation examines the roles of gender equity and family in shaping lowest-low fertility. Al...
Selective abortion of female embryos causes abnormal sex ratios at birth that will result in imbalan...
Within one generation, the South Korean economy developed from one of the poorest countries in the w...
ACROSS EAST ASIA and much of South Asia, child sex ratios have become more masculine in recent decad...
For years, sex ratios at birth kept rising in South Korea despite rapid development. We show that th...
National Institute for Child Health and Human Development (P30 HD05876). This paper examines whether...
This paper examines whether son preference has a strong positive effect on fertility rates via numbe...
South Korea was among the first countries to report both an abnormally high sex ratio at birth (SRB)...
Imbalances in the sex ratio at birth in Southeast and East Asia increased especially after the mid-1...
South Korea was among the first countries to report both an abnormally high sex ratio at birth (SRB)...
For years, South Korea presented the puzzling phenomenon of steeply rising sex ratios at birth despi...
An imbalance of the Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) in Vietnam has emerged since the early 2000s. The numbe...
Following the fertility decline over the past twenty-five years, sex ratios at birth have increased ...
For more about the East-West Center, see http://www.eastwestcenter.org/The preference for sons has d...
Although the decline in fertility rate is generally observed along the history of economic developme...
This dissertation examines the roles of gender equity and family in shaping lowest-low fertility. Al...
Selective abortion of female embryos causes abnormal sex ratios at birth that will result in imbalan...
Within one generation, the South Korean economy developed from one of the poorest countries in the w...
ACROSS EAST ASIA and much of South Asia, child sex ratios have become more masculine in recent decad...
For years, sex ratios at birth kept rising in South Korea despite rapid development. We show that th...
National Institute for Child Health and Human Development (P30 HD05876). This paper examines whether...
This paper examines whether son preference has a strong positive effect on fertility rates via numbe...
South Korea was among the first countries to report both an abnormally high sex ratio at birth (SRB)...
Imbalances in the sex ratio at birth in Southeast and East Asia increased especially after the mid-1...
South Korea was among the first countries to report both an abnormally high sex ratio at birth (SRB)...
For years, South Korea presented the puzzling phenomenon of steeply rising sex ratios at birth despi...
An imbalance of the Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) in Vietnam has emerged since the early 2000s. The numbe...
Following the fertility decline over the past twenty-five years, sex ratios at birth have increased ...
For more about the East-West Center, see http://www.eastwestcenter.org/The preference for sons has d...
Although the decline in fertility rate is generally observed along the history of economic developme...
This dissertation examines the roles of gender equity and family in shaping lowest-low fertility. Al...
Selective abortion of female embryos causes abnormal sex ratios at birth that will result in imbalan...
Within one generation, the South Korean economy developed from one of the poorest countries in the w...