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]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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. ISSN 2520-1786. S2CID 221257460.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Abramishvili, Zurab; Appleman, William; Maksymovych, Sergii (2019-09-05). "Parental Gender Preference in the Balkans and Scandinavia: Gender Bias or Differential Costs?". Rochester, NY. doi:10.2139/ssrn.3448492. S2CID 203078609. SSRN 3448492.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ 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.
- ^ Smith-Greenway, Emily; Weitzman, Abigail. "Investigating Daughter Preference in a Matrilineal Context" (PDF).
- ^ 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.