Sex preference for children in German villages during the fertility transition

G Sandström, L Vikström - Population Studies, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
In the past, parents' sex preferences for their children have proved difficult to verify. This
study used John Knodel's German village genealogies of couples married between 1815 …

Gender composition of children and the third birth in the United States

FF Tian, SP Morgan - Journal of Marriage and Family, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Pollard and Morgan (2002) argued that the parental mixed‐gender preference (ie, parents'
preference to have at least one son and one daughter) will weaken in the United States as …

“You Get the Baby You Need”: Negotiating the Use of Assisted Reproductive Technology for Social Sex Selection in Online Discussion Forums

O Monson, N Donaghue - Qualitative Research in Psychology, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
As a result of developments in assisted reproductive technology (ART), it is now possible to
choose the sex of a baby. However, the procedures are currently not allowed for this …

The effect of childhood family size on fertility in adulthood. New evidence form IV estimation

S Cools, RK Hart - 2015 - econstor.eu
While fertility is positively correlated across generations, the causal effect of children's
experience with larger sibships on their own fertility in adulthood is poorly understood. Using …

Det tredje barnet

K Line - 2015 - duo.uio.no
Bakgrunnen for denne oppgaven ligger i de dramatiske endringene i fruktbarhetsmønstre i
Europa de siste tiårene. Fruktbarhetstallene har sunket betydelig siden 1960. Kvinner får …