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Unpacking ‘Son preference’: the trajectory of a demographic variable

Unpacking ‘Son preference’: the trajectory of a demographic variable. Danièle Bélanger, PhD Associate Professor The University of Western Ontario. Son preference in Vietnam. 2003. Are Sex Ratios Increasing in Vietnam? Population . 58-2: 255-276.

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Unpacking ‘Son preference’: the trajectory of a demographic variable

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  1. Unpacking ‘Son preference’: the trajectory of a demographic variable • Danièle Bélanger, PhD • Associate Professor • The University of Western Ontario

  2. Son preference in Vietnam • 2003. Are Sex Ratios Increasing in Vietnam? Population. 58-2: 255-276. • 2002.Son Preference in a Village in Rural North Vietnam. Studies in Family Planning. 33-4: 321-334. • 2003. Childhood, Gender and Power in Vietnam. In: Communities in Southeast Asia: Challenges and Responses. H. Lansdowne et al. (Eds). Victoria: Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives, 380-402. • 2002. Sex selective abortions: short term and long term perspectives. Reproductive Health Matters. 10-19. 194-196. • 2004. Social Policy Reforms and Daughters' Schooling in Vietnam. International Journal of Educational Development. 24: 23-38.

  3. Questions • What is ‘son preference’ in demography? • How is the concept constructed?

  4. Introduction • Review paper • Also informed by my research • All research investigating the causes or consequences of a parental or societal desire or preference for male children

  5. Peer-reviewed articles on sex preference (Population Index, 1986-1999)

  6. What is son preference? • Encompassing term • Underlying assumptions of the term • Causes, manifestations, consequences

  7. Son preference as a determinant of fertility • Independent variable of fertility • ‘Traditional’ behavior • Should disappear with ‘modernization’

  8. Son preference as a determinant of health and mortality • Differential treatment • Focus on the family environment • Lack of context

  9. Son preference as a reminder that culture matters • 1990s: clash between low fertility and desire for sons • Missing girls

  10. Son preference as having far-reaching consequences • Shortage of women • Gender inequalities • Migration, trafficking, kidnapping • Heterogeneity

  11. Conclusion • Need for more explanations • Need for more contextualization • Need for incorporation of other dimensions: community, State, policy, global

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