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

描述(由申请者提供)：本项目将研究亚种姓身份在印度后代性别选择中的作用。亚种姓成员身份体现了一夫多妻制的婚姻做法和地位等级，这在历史上鼓励后代进行有利于男孩的性别选择。今天，尽管特定性别的社会角色发生了戏剧性的变化，经济的快速发展和城市化，但有利于男孩的后代性别选择不仅持续存在，而且还在增加。在探讨亚种姓身份和后代性别选择之间的关系时，该项目将侧重于两个可能影响亚种姓规范和习俗代代相传的广泛因素。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。第二个因素是家庭居住地区的种族异质性程度和亚种姓构成。将利用1998-1999年在印度进行的第二次全国家庭与健康调查(NFHS-II)的数据，在这两个因素的背景下审查亚种姓身份和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.