Abstract
Despite a clear preference for sons among Indian couples most of the earlier studies based on the 1961-1970 data indicate the gender of the child has a small effect on actual or intended fertility. However the research reported herein using rural and urban samples of women interviewed during 1979-80 shows that the sex of womens previous children at each parity has an effect on womens subsequent fertility intentions. This increasing effect of son preference urgently calls for some political interventions influencing the socio-cultural and economic reasons for preferring a son as a means of fertility control. (SUMMARY IN FRE) (EXCERPT)
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