Daughter preference explained

Daughter preference describes human families seeking to bear and raise daughters, rather than 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] One 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]

Notes and References

  1. Fuse . Kana . 2013-05-17 . Daughter preference in Japan: A reflection on gender role attitudes? . Demographic Research . en . 28 . 1021–1052 . 10.4054/DemRes.2013.28.36 . 1435-9871. free .
  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 . en . 11 . 1 . 20200014 . 10.2478/izajodm-2020-0014 . 221257460 . 2520-1786. free .
  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 . en . 18 . 2 . 169–189 . 10.1080/17441730.2021.1944408 . 240698960 . 1744-1730. free .
  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. en . Rochester, NY . 10.2139/ssrn.3448492. 3448492 . 203078609 .
  5. Krishnan . Vijaya . July 1987 . Preferences for sex of children: a multivariate analysis . Journal of Biosocial Science . en . 19 . 3 . 367–376 . 10.1017/S0021932000017004 . 3624297 . 7285614 . 0021-9320.
  6. Web site: Smith-Greenway . Emily . Weitzman . Abigail . Investigating Daughter Preference in a Matrilineal Context .
  7. Le . Kien . Nguyen . My . 2022-03-01 . Son preference and health disparities in developing countries . SSM - Population Health . en . 17 . 101036 . 10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101036 . 2352-8273 . 8804262 . 35128024.

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