L'avortement est une pratique de régulation de la fécondité utilisée par les femmes en cas
d'absence ou d'échec de la contraception. Les législations régulant sa pratique vont, selon …

This study reviews the institutional factors that have influenced the fertility and family trends
in five East Asian societies that experienced a precipitous transition to very low fertility …

In the mid-2000s, South Korea's sex ratio at birth returned to normal levels after nearly two
decades of significant elevation; at the same time, the sex ratios at birth in Vietnam began a …

We present a micro-founded simulation model that formalizes the “ready, willing, and able”
framework, originally used to explain historical fertility decline, to the practice of prenatal sex …

Indonesia is usually viewed as a country free of the acute forms of gender discrimination
observed elsewhere in East or South Asia, a situation often ascribed to Indonesia's bilateral …

Recent research argues that discriminatory practices unduly inflated female excess mortality
during infancy and childhood in historical Europe. This article reviews the existing evidence …

CONTEXT: Son preference exerts a strong influence over contraceptive and fertility
decisions in many South Asian countries. In Pakistan, where fertility remains high and …

Introduction Skewed levels of the sex ratio at birth (SRB) due to sex-selective abortions have
been observed in several countries since the 1970s. They will lead to long-term sex …

Objectives These were to:(1) produce national and subnational estimates of the sex ratio at
birth (SRB) and number of missing girl births in Nepal and (2) understand the …

Son preference has been linked to excess female under-5 mortality in India, and
considerable literature has explored whether parents invest more resources in sons relative …