In Pakistan as well as in many other countries in Asia, there is a strong son preference. Using data from the 1998 population census and sample surveys conducted during the past decade, this paper examines: evidence of sex preference in Pakistan; sex ratios at birth; sex ratios among children under five; sex differentials in mortality in infancy and early childhood; and, whether preferential treatment is given to male (over female) children.Since Pakistan has not reached yet a stage of low fertility, sex-selective abortion to the purpose of having a son is rarely practised. Instead, couples who desire to have male children do so by having successive female children until they achieve their goal. Consequently, the sex ratio at birth in Pakis...
We investigate gender-biased breastfeeding in Pakistan using data from the 2006-2007 Pakistan Demogr...
For more about the East-West Center, see http://www.eastwestcenter.org/The preference for sons has d...
The link between fertility and gender preferences, especially son preference in Asian contexts, has...
Even though Pakistan is a highly patriarchal society, it has not featured prominently in studies foc...
Even though Pakistan is a highly patriarchal society, it has not featured prominently in studies foc...
This dissertation is a three-paper project that looks at the manifestation of son preference in chil...
Ce mémoire regroupe différentes études sur la préférence pour les garçons au Pakistan. Celles-ci ana...
Context: Son preference exerts a strong influence over contraceptive and fertility decisions in many...
Context: Son preference exerts a strong influence over contraceptive and fertility decisions in many...
The issue of sex differentials in mortality received attention as early as 1901 when the Super...
Over the past quarter century the sex ratio at birth (SRB) has risen above natural levels in a numbe...
Over the past quarter century the sex ratio at birth (SRB) has risen above natural levels in a numbe...
Son preference is one of the oldest issues in most of the societies with special reference to sons b...
In Haryana and Punjab, the last census shows a sharp increase in the masculinity of the juvenile pop...
We investigate gender-biased breastfeeding in Pakistan using data from the 2006-2007 Pakistan Demogr...
We investigate gender-biased breastfeeding in Pakistan using data from the 2006-2007 Pakistan Demogr...
For more about the East-West Center, see http://www.eastwestcenter.org/The preference for sons has d...
The link between fertility and gender preferences, especially son preference in Asian contexts, has...
Even though Pakistan is a highly patriarchal society, it has not featured prominently in studies foc...
Even though Pakistan is a highly patriarchal society, it has not featured prominently in studies foc...
This dissertation is a three-paper project that looks at the manifestation of son preference in chil...
Ce mémoire regroupe différentes études sur la préférence pour les garçons au Pakistan. Celles-ci ana...
Context: Son preference exerts a strong influence over contraceptive and fertility decisions in many...
Context: Son preference exerts a strong influence over contraceptive and fertility decisions in many...
The issue of sex differentials in mortality received attention as early as 1901 when the Super...
Over the past quarter century the sex ratio at birth (SRB) has risen above natural levels in a numbe...
Over the past quarter century the sex ratio at birth (SRB) has risen above natural levels in a numbe...
Son preference is one of the oldest issues in most of the societies with special reference to sons b...
In Haryana and Punjab, the last census shows a sharp increase in the masculinity of the juvenile pop...
We investigate gender-biased breastfeeding in Pakistan using data from the 2006-2007 Pakistan Demogr...
We investigate gender-biased breastfeeding in Pakistan using data from the 2006-2007 Pakistan Demogr...
For more about the East-West Center, see http://www.eastwestcenter.org/The preference for sons has d...
The link between fertility and gender preferences, especially son preference in Asian contexts, has...