SUB-CASTE IDENTITY, INTER-GENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION, AND OFFSPRING SEX-SELECTION

描述（由申请人提供）：本项目将研究在印度的后代性别选择的亚种姓身份的作用。次种姓成员体现了重婚的婚姻习俗和地位等级，这在历史上鼓励后代性别选择，有利于儿子。今天，尽管性别特有的社会角色发生了巨大变化，经济快速发展，城市化，但有利于儿子的后代性别选择不仅持续存在，而且还有所增加。在探索次种姓身份与后代性别选择之间的关系时，本项目将重点关注两个可能影响次种姓规范和做法跨代传播的广泛因素。第一个因素是父母的社会经济特征，包括他们的教育、工作参与、职业选择、生活水平、土地所有权、宗教、家庭结构、居住类型和接触媒体的情况。第二个因素是一个家庭居住地区的种族异质性和次种姓构成的程度。将利用1998- 1999年在印度进行的第二次全国家庭和健康调查的数据，在这两个因素的背景下审查次种姓身份与性别比例之间的关系。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project will examine the role of sub-caste identity in offspring sex-selection in India. Sub-caste membership embodies hypergamous marriage practices and status hierarchy, which historically encouraged offspring sex-selection in favor of sons. Today, despite dramatic changes in gender-specific social roles, rapid economic development, and urbanization, offspring sex-selection in favor of sons not only persists but has also increased. In exploring the relationship between sub-caste identity and offspring sex-selection, this project will focus on two broad factors that potentially affect the transmission of sub-caste norms and practices across generations. The first factor is the socio-economic characteristics of parents, including their education, work participation, occupational choice, standard of living, land ownership, religion, family structure, type of residence, and exposure to media. The second factor is the degree of ethnic heterogeneity and sub-caste composition in a households' region of residence. The relationship between sub-caste identity and sex-ratios will be examined in the context of these two factors using data from the Second National Family and Health Survey (NFHS-II) in India, conducted in 1998-99.