Clark S
Population Council, New York, NY 10017, USA.
Demography. 2000 Feb;37(1):95-108.
Although the effect of son preference on sex composition of children ever born is undetectable in national-level estimates that aggregate across all families, this article provides empirical evidence from India that son preference has two pronounced and predictable family-level effects on the sex composition of children ever born. First, data from India show that smaller families have a significantly higher proportion of sons than larger families. Second, socially and economically disadvantaged couples and couples from the northern region of India not only want but also attain a higher proportion of sons, if the effects of family size are controlled.
尽管在全国层面汇总所有家庭的估计中，重男轻女对已生育子女的性别构成的影响难以察觉，但本文提供了来自印度的实证证据，表明重男轻女对已生育子女的性别构成有两个显著且可预测的家庭层面的影响。首先，来自印度的数据显示，小家庭中儿子的比例明显高于大家庭。其次，如果控制家庭规模的影响，社会经济处于劣势的夫妇以及来自印度北部地区的夫妇不仅想要儿子，而且生育儿子的比例更高。
