Old Habits Die Hard? Lingering Son Preference in an Era of Normalizing Sex Ratios at Birth in South Koreaopen access
- Authors
- Yoo, Sam Hyun; Hayford, Sarah R.; Agadjanian, Victor
- Issue Date
- Feb-2017
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers
- Keywords
- Fertility intention; Korea; Low fertility; Sex ratio at birth; Son preference
- Citation
- Population Research and Policy Review, v.36, no.1, pp.25 - 54
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- Journal Title
- Population Research and Policy Review
- Volume
- 36
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 25
- End Page
- 54
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/20563
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11113-016-9405-1
- ISSN
- 0167-5923
- Abstract
- South Korea was among the first countries to report both an abnormally high sex ratio at birth (SRB) and its subsequent normalization. We examine the role of son preference in driving fertility intentions during a period of declining SRB and consider the contribution of individual characteristics and broader social context to explaining changes in intentions. We employ data from the National Survey on Fertility, Family Health and Welfare that span 1991–2012. We find that reported son preference declined to a great extent but remained substantial by the end of the observation period, and that the intention to have a third child still differed by sex of existing children. Change in individual-level factors does not explain the decline in son preference, suggesting that broad social changes were also important. This study provides a better understanding of how son preference evolves in the post-transitional context of very low fertility.
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