Family Systems, Political systems, and Asia’s ‘Missing Girls’ : The Construction of Son Preference and Its Unraveling

Son preference is known to be found in certain types of cultures, that is patrilineal cultures. But what explains the fact that China, South Korea, and Northwest India manifest such extreme child sex ratios compared with other patrilineal societies...

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Main Author:	Das Gupta, Monica
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO LAND ACCESS TO RESOURCES ADULT WOMEN ADULTS AFTERLIFE AGED ALLIANCES AUTONOMY BIRTH ORDER BREADWINNER CAPITALISM CENSUSES CHILD CUSTODY CHILD HEALTH CHILD MARRIAGE CHILD MORTALITY CHILDBEARING CITIES CITIZENS CIVILIZATION CLAN COMMON PROPERTY COURT COURTS CULTURES CUSTOMARY LAW CUSTOMARY PRACTICE DAILY LIFE DEMOCRACY DEMOGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS DEMOGRAPHY DESCENT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIFFERENTIALS IN MORTALITY DISCOURSE DISCRIMINATION DIVISION OF PROPERTY DIVORCE DIVORCED WOMEN DOMESTIC SPHERE DOWRIES DOWRY EARLY CHILDHOOD ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC RESOURCES ECONOMIC RIGHTS EITHER SEX ELDERLY ELDERLY WOMEN ENDOGAMY EQUAL RIGHTS EQUALITY OF MEN ETHNIC IDENTITY ETHNICITY ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDIES ETHNOGRAPHIES EXCESS MORTALITY FAMILIES FAMILY COMPOSITION FAMILY FORMS FAMILY HEALTH FAMILY INCOME FAMILY LAW FAMILY LAWS FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY SIZE FAMILY STRUCTURE FATHERS FEMALE FEMALE INFANTICIDE FEMALE MORTALITY FERTILITY FERTILITY DECLINE FOLKLORE GENDER GENDER BIAS GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DISCRIMINATION GENDER EQUALITY GENDER EQUITY GENDER HIERARCHIES GENDER INEQUITIES GENDER PREFERENCE GENDER RELATIONS GENDER ROLES GENEALOGY GENERATIONS HEAD OF THE FAMILY HOME HOMES HOUSEHOLDS HOUSES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUNTING HUSBAND HUSBANDS ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN ILLNESS IMAGES OF WOMEN IMMIGRANTS INCEST INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS INDUSTRIALIZATION INEQUALITIES INFANT INHERITANCE ISLAMIC LAW JOURNAL OF MARRIAGE JOURNAL OF WOMEN KINSHIP KINSHIP STRUCTURE LAWS LEGAL CHANGES LEGAL ENTITIES LEGAL REFORMS LEGAL RIGHTS LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL POPULATION LOCAL POPULATIONS MARRIAGE LAW MARRIAGES MARRIED COUPLES MARRIED MEN MARRIED WOMAN MARRIED WOMEN MASS MEDIA MEDICAL SERVICES MIGRATION MODERNIZATION MORTALITY AMONG INFANTS MOTHER MURDERS OF WOMEN NUMBER OF GIRLS OFFENDERS OLD AGE OLD SYSTEM PARENTHOOD PARENTS PATRIARCHY PEACE PENSION PERSONAL LIVES PHILOSOPHY POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL INSTABILITY POLITICAL POWER POLITICAL SYSTEMS POLYANDRY POPULAR CULTURE POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION CENSUSES POPULATION DIVISION POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION STUDIES PREFERENCE FOR SONS PRENATAL SEX SELECTION PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC LIFE PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPHERE RADIO RELIGION RELIGIOUS BELIEFS RESIDENCE RIGHT OF REFUSAL RITES RITUAL RITUALS RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL WOMEN SANCTIONS SEX SEX DIFFERENCES SEX OF THE CHILD SEX PREFERENCE SEX RATIO SEX RATIOS SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTION SOCIAL AFFAIRS SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL CLASS SOCIAL CONTROL SOCIAL MOVEMENTS SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL ORGANIZATION SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL STATUS SOCIAL SUPPORT SOCIAL SYSTEMS SOCIAL WELFARE SOCIETIES SOCIETY SOCIOLOGY SON PREFERENCE STATE POLICIES SYMBOLS TELEVISION TRANSPORTATION TV UNITED NATIONS UNMARRIED WOMAN URBAN AREAS URBAN WOMEN URBANIZATION VILLAGES WAR WARS WIFE WILL WIVES WOMAN WOMEN'S STATUS WORLD POPULATION YOUNG COUPLE YOUNG GIRLS YOUNG WOMEN
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