STUDY QUESTION What is the likelihood of having a child within 4 years for men and
women with strong short-term reproductive intentions, and how is it affected by age …

Comparative research on the preferred sex of children in Western societies has generally
focused on women only and ignored the role of gender equity and the need for children's …

This study explores the change of married women's sex preference for children in Taiwan
since 1990, finding that there was a substantial decline of son preference and rise of …

Background Son preference is predominant in developing countries especially South Asian
countries and its effect is most visible when the fertility is on transition. Nepal is a country in …

In broad terms, the division in Europe between countries with very low fertility and countries
with sustainable fertility matches Esping-Anderson's classification of the same countries into …

Although 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. With …

We examine the degree to which parental gender preferences in the USA have changed
over time. To quantify levels of parental sex preference, we compare the likelihood that …

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 …

Executive summary The Centre for Population has commissioned this report from the
Australian National University to explain trends and drivers of fertility in Australia and better …

It has been argued that preferences for the sex of children would be small or non‐existing in
relatively gender equal societies. However, previous studies have suggested that a stronger …