Daughter preference

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Daughter preference describes human families seeking to bear and raise daughters, rather than sons. It is unclear whether this phenomenon is due to their greater preference for daughters or a specific antipathy toward sons.

Daughter preference is evident in contemporary Japan [1] and Japanese-American immigrant families. [2] South Korea has also demonstrated a measurable shift from son preference to daughter preference. [3] Daughter preference appears at measurable levels in three Scandinavian countries: Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. [4] Study found that a significant contributing factor to daughter preference was the "number of wife's sisters." [5] In the matrilineal inheritance system of Malawi, daughter preference emerges if all existing children are sons. [6]

Daughter preference or son preference is sometimes expressed by higher levels of household investment in offspring of preferred gender. [7]

References

  1. Fuse, Kana (2013-05-17). "Daughter preference in Japan: A reflection on gender role attitudes?". Demographic Research. 28: 1021–1052. doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2013.28.36 . ISSN   1435-9871.
  2. Duan, Huiqiong; Hicks, Daniel L. (2020-08-17). "New evidence on son preference among immigrant households in the United States". IZA Journal of Development and Migration. 11 (1): 20200014. doi: 10.2478/izajodm-2020-0014 . hdl: 10419/298685 . ISSN   2520-1786. S2CID   221257460.
  3. Chun, Heeran; Das Gupta, Monica (2022-05-04). "'Not a bowl of rice, but tender loving care': from aborting girls to preferring daughters in South Korea". Asian Population Studies. 18 (2): 169–189. doi: 10.1080/17441730.2021.1944408 . ISSN   1744-1730. S2CID   240698960.
  4. Abramishvili, Zurab; Appleman, William; Maksymovych, Sergii (2019-09-05). "Parental Gender Preference in the Balkans and Scandinavia: Gender Bias or Differential Costs?". Journal of Population Research. 40 (4). Rochester, NY. doi:10.2139/ssrn.3448492. S2CID   203078609. SSRN   3448492.
  5. Krishnan, Vijaya (July 1987). "Preferences for sex of children: a multivariate analysis" . Journal of Biosocial Science. 19 (3): 367–376. doi:10.1017/S0021932000017004. ISSN   0021-9320. PMID   3624297. S2CID   7285614.
  6. Smith-Greenway, Emily; Weitzman, Abigail. "Investigating Daughter Preference in a Matrilineal Context" (PDF).
  7. Le, Kien; Nguyen, My (2022-03-01). "Son preference and health disparities in developing countries". SSM - Population Health. 17: 101036. doi:10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101036. ISSN   2352-8273. PMC   8804262 . PMID   35128024.