In the Pursuit of Sons: Additional Births or Sex-Selective Abortion in Pakistan?
In the Pursuit of Sons: Additional Births or Sex-Selective Abortion in Pakistan?
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为了追求儿子：巴基斯坦多生孩子还是选择性堕胎？
DOI：
10.1111/padr.12002
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发表时间：
2016
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Morgan,SPhilip
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作者：
Zaidi,Batool;Morgan,SPhilip
尽管巴基斯坦是一个高度父权制的社会，但它在关注性别选择性堕胎和出生性别比的研究中并没有突出表现。但随着生育率的下降和对男孩的强烈偏好--巴基斯坦是世界上最高的理想性别比率之一--巴基斯坦家庭将如何应对？在追求男孩的过程中，他们会生育更多的孩子或诉诸性别选择性堕胎吗？还是有证据表明，对男孩的追求正在减弱？使用来自三轮人口和健康调查的数据，我们显示了男孩在生育意向、避孕使用模式和产次递增比率方面的明显证据。更具体地说，我们发现了普遍的证据，表明巴基斯坦人继续生育一个儿子，生一个以上的儿子，至少生一个女儿。我们没有发现一致和令人信服的证据表明出生性别比(这表明性别选择性堕胎)正在增加。
Even though Pakistan is a highly patriarchal society, it has not featured prominently in studies focusing on sex-selective abortion and sex ratios at birth. But with fertility declining and existing strong son preference—Pakistan has one of the highest desired sex ratios in the world—how will Pakistani families respond? In the pursuit of sons, will they have additional children or resort to sex-selective abortions? Or is there evidence that the pursuit of sons is weakening? Using data from three rounds of the demographic and health survey, we show clear evidence of son preference in fertility intentions, patterns of contraceptive use and parity progression ratios. More specifically, we find pervasive evidence that Pakistanis continue childbearing to have a son, to have more than one son and to have at least one daughter. We do not find consistent and convincing evidence that sex ratios at birth (which indicate sex-selective abortion) are increasing.