Son preference, gender asymmetries and parity progressions: the case of Kyrgyzstan

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作者
Kazenin, Konstantin [1 ,2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Russian Acad Natl Econ & Publ Adm, Moscow, Russia
[2] Stockholm Univ, Stockholm, Sweden
[3] Natl Res Univ Higher Sch Econ, Moscow, Russia
关键词
Fertility; parity progressions; son preference; gender equality; Kyrgyzstan; FERTILITY DECLINE; CENTRAL-ASIA; SOUTH-ASIA; WOMEN; CONTEXT; CHILDBEARING; TRANSITION; MIGRATION; KINSHIP; ROLES;
D O I
10.1080/17441730.2021.1992858
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C921 [人口统计学];
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摘要
The paper considers son preference effects on actual fertility behaviour in Kyrgyzstan, a post-Soviet country of Central Asia. Using data from the DHS2012 and DHS1997, I argue that risks of transitions to parities from the second to the fifth are significantly higher among women with no sons. Furthermore, the relation of risks of parity progressions to sex composition of children already born is not generally stronger in families with strict gender asymmetries. Attempting to explain this, I show that in such families, contraceptive use is less frequent - and that could complicate the implementation of son preference in such families and weaken their expected contrast with other families in the role of son preference for fertility outcomes. The possibility also is discussed that son preference may be supported by factors not related to family-internal norms, such as the need for all families to have a male heir for securing family wealth.
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