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A Girl and a Boy, Are a Bundle of Joy: A Rise in Gender-Equitable Fertility Preferences in India.
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Studies in family planning [Stud Fam Plann] 2023 Jun; Vol. 54 (2), pp. 329-353. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Mar 25. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Within the last decade, declining son preference in Asia has given rise to gender-equitable fertility preferences. These include daughter preference, gender indifference, and gender balance. Using five rounds of the India National Family Health Surveys, I investigate the sources of the trends in shifting parental preferences for the gender of their children. Over more than a quarter-century period (1992-1993 to 2019-2021), I find a significant decline in son preference from 40 to 18 percent and an increase in gender-equitable preferences among most subpopulations. Multivariate analysis shows that for all survey years, education and frequent exposure to television significantly increased the odds of gender-equitable preferences. In the last decade, community norms supporting women's employment are also associated with gender-equitable preferences. In addition, decomposition analysis shows that compared to compositional change, social norm change accounts for two-thirds of the rise in gender-equitable preferences. These findings suggest that rising norms of gender equality have the potential to dismantle gender-biased preferences in India.<br /> (© 2023 The Population Council, Inc.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1728-4465
- Volume :
- 54
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Studies in family planning
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 36964946
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/sifp.12236