Sex-Selective Abortions, Fertility, and Birth Spacing
Previous research on sex-selective abortions has ignored the interactions between fertility, birth spacing, and sex selection, despite both fertility and birth spacing being important considerations for parents when deciding on the use of sex selec...
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okr-10986-214512017-12-14T09:09:19Z Sex-Selective Abortions, Fertility, and Birth Spacing Portner, Claus C. ABORTION ABORTIONS AMONG WOMEN AGE OF MARRIAGE AGE OF MENARCHE AMNIOCENTESIS BIRTH SPACING CHILD HEALTH CHILDBEARING CONCEPTION CONFERENCE ON POPULATION CONTRACEPTION CRIME CRIMINAL DECLINE IN FERTILITY DEVELOPMENT POLICY EARLY DEATH ECONOMIC DEMOGRAPHY EDUCATED WOMEN EXCESS MORTALITY FAMILIES FAMILY HEALTH FAMILY SIZE FATHER FECUNDITY FEMALE FEMALES FERTILITY FERTILITY INCREASE FERTILITY INCREASES FERTILITY PREFERENCES FERTILITY RATE FETUSES FEWER BIRTHS FEWER CHILDREN FEWER WOMEN FIRST BIRTH FIRST BIRTHS FIRST CHILD GENDER GENDER BALANCE HEALTH STATUS HIGHLY EDUCATED WOMEN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUSBAND HUSBANDS INEQUALITY INFERTILITY LABOR MARKET LARGE NUMBER OF WOMEN LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFETIME FERTILITY LOWER FERTILITY MALES MARRIED WOMAN MARRIED WOMEN MENSTRUAL CYCLES MOBILE CLINICS MORTALITY RISK MOTHER MULTIPLE BIRTH NATIONAL FAMILY HEALTH SURVEY NUMBER OF ABORTIONS NUMBER OF BIRTHS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF GIRLS NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS NUMBER OF WOMEN OFFENSE OVULATION OWNERSHIP OF LAND POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER PREFERENCE FOR SONS PREGNANCIES PREGNANCY PRENATAL DIAGNOSTIC PRIVATE CLINICS PROGRESS RATIO OF BOYS TO GIRLS REPLACEMENT LEVEL REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESIDENCE RURAL AREAS RURAL WOMEN SECOND BIRTH SECOND BIRTHS SEX SEX OF THE FETUS SEX RATIO SEX RATIOS SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTION SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTIONS SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SON PREFERENCE SPONTANEOUS ABORTION STATUS OF WOMEN STERILIZATION UNWANTED CHILDREN UNWANTED SEX URBAN AREAS URBAN WOMEN URBANIZATION WIFE WILL WOMAN YOUNG AGE Previous research on sex-selective abortions has ignored the interactions between fertility, birth spacing, and sex selection, despite both fertility and birth spacing being important considerations for parents when deciding on the use of sex selection. This paper presents a novel approach that jointly estimates the determinants of sex-selective abortions, fertility, and birth spacing, using data on Hindu women from India's National Family and Health Surveys. Women with eight or more years of education in urban and rural areas are the main users of sex-selective abortions and they also have the lowest fertility. Predicted lifetime fertility for these women declined 11 percent between the 1985-1994 and 1995-2006 periods, which correspond to the periods of time before and after sex selection became illegal. Fertility is now around replacement level. This decrease in fertility has been accompanied by a 6 percent increase in the predicted number of abortions during the childbearing years between the two periods, and sex selection is increasingly used for earlier parities. Hence, the legal steps taken to combat sex selection have been unable to reverse its use. Women with fewer than eight years of education have substantially higher fertility and do not appear to use sex selection. 2015-02-13T19:18:51Z 2015-02-13T19:18:51Z 2015-02 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21451 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7189 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Group, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper South Asia India |
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ABORTION ABORTIONS AMONG WOMEN AGE OF MARRIAGE AGE OF MENARCHE AMNIOCENTESIS BIRTH SPACING CHILD HEALTH CHILDBEARING CONCEPTION CONFERENCE ON POPULATION CONTRACEPTION CRIME CRIMINAL DECLINE IN FERTILITY DEVELOPMENT POLICY EARLY DEATH ECONOMIC DEMOGRAPHY EDUCATED WOMEN EXCESS MORTALITY FAMILIES FAMILY HEALTH FAMILY SIZE FATHER FECUNDITY FEMALE FEMALES FERTILITY FERTILITY INCREASE FERTILITY INCREASES FERTILITY PREFERENCES FERTILITY RATE FETUSES FEWER BIRTHS FEWER CHILDREN FEWER WOMEN FIRST BIRTH FIRST BIRTHS FIRST CHILD GENDER GENDER BALANCE HEALTH STATUS HIGHLY EDUCATED WOMEN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUSBAND HUSBANDS INEQUALITY INFERTILITY LABOR MARKET LARGE NUMBER OF WOMEN LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFETIME FERTILITY LOWER FERTILITY MALES MARRIED WOMAN MARRIED WOMEN MENSTRUAL CYCLES MOBILE CLINICS MORTALITY RISK MOTHER MULTIPLE BIRTH NATIONAL FAMILY HEALTH SURVEY NUMBER OF ABORTIONS NUMBER OF BIRTHS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF GIRLS NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS NUMBER OF WOMEN OFFENSE OVULATION OWNERSHIP OF LAND POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER PREFERENCE FOR SONS PREGNANCIES PREGNANCY PRENATAL DIAGNOSTIC PRIVATE CLINICS PROGRESS RATIO OF BOYS TO GIRLS REPLACEMENT LEVEL REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESIDENCE RURAL AREAS RURAL WOMEN SECOND BIRTH SECOND BIRTHS SEX SEX OF THE FETUS SEX RATIO SEX RATIOS SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTION SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTIONS SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SON PREFERENCE SPONTANEOUS ABORTION STATUS OF WOMEN STERILIZATION UNWANTED CHILDREN UNWANTED SEX URBAN AREAS URBAN WOMEN URBANIZATION WIFE WILL WOMAN YOUNG AGE |
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ABORTION ABORTIONS AMONG WOMEN AGE OF MARRIAGE AGE OF MENARCHE AMNIOCENTESIS BIRTH SPACING CHILD HEALTH CHILDBEARING CONCEPTION CONFERENCE ON POPULATION CONTRACEPTION CRIME CRIMINAL DECLINE IN FERTILITY DEVELOPMENT POLICY EARLY DEATH ECONOMIC DEMOGRAPHY EDUCATED WOMEN EXCESS MORTALITY FAMILIES FAMILY HEALTH FAMILY SIZE FATHER FECUNDITY FEMALE FEMALES FERTILITY FERTILITY INCREASE FERTILITY INCREASES FERTILITY PREFERENCES FERTILITY RATE FETUSES FEWER BIRTHS FEWER CHILDREN FEWER WOMEN FIRST BIRTH FIRST BIRTHS FIRST CHILD GENDER GENDER BALANCE HEALTH STATUS HIGHLY EDUCATED WOMEN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUSBAND HUSBANDS INEQUALITY INFERTILITY LABOR MARKET LARGE NUMBER OF WOMEN LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFETIME FERTILITY LOWER FERTILITY MALES MARRIED WOMAN MARRIED WOMEN MENSTRUAL CYCLES MOBILE CLINICS MORTALITY RISK MOTHER MULTIPLE BIRTH NATIONAL FAMILY HEALTH SURVEY NUMBER OF ABORTIONS NUMBER OF BIRTHS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF GIRLS NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS NUMBER OF WOMEN OFFENSE OVULATION OWNERSHIP OF LAND POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER PREFERENCE FOR SONS PREGNANCIES PREGNANCY PRENATAL DIAGNOSTIC PRIVATE CLINICS PROGRESS RATIO OF BOYS TO GIRLS REPLACEMENT LEVEL REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESIDENCE RURAL AREAS RURAL WOMEN SECOND BIRTH SECOND BIRTHS SEX SEX OF THE FETUS SEX RATIO SEX RATIOS SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTION SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTIONS SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SON PREFERENCE SPONTANEOUS ABORTION STATUS OF WOMEN STERILIZATION UNWANTED CHILDREN UNWANTED SEX URBAN AREAS URBAN WOMEN URBANIZATION WIFE WILL WOMAN YOUNG AGE Portner, Claus C. Sex-Selective Abortions, Fertility, and Birth Spacing |
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South Asia India |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7189 |
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Previous research on sex-selective
abortions has ignored the interactions between fertility,
birth spacing, and sex selection, despite both fertility and
birth spacing being important considerations for parents
when deciding on the use of sex selection. This paper
presents a novel approach that jointly estimates the
determinants of sex-selective abortions, fertility, and
birth spacing, using data on Hindu women from India's
National Family and Health Surveys. Women with eight or more
years of education in urban and rural areas are the main
users of sex-selective abortions and they also have the
lowest fertility. Predicted lifetime fertility for these
women declined 11 percent between the 1985-1994 and
1995-2006 periods, which correspond to the periods of time
before and after sex selection became illegal. Fertility is
now around replacement level. This decrease in fertility has
been accompanied by a 6 percent increase in the predicted
number of abortions during the childbearing years between
the two periods, and sex selection is increasingly used for
earlier parities. Hence, the legal steps taken to combat sex
selection have been unable to reverse its use. Women with
fewer than eight years of education have substantially
higher fertility and do not appear to use sex selection. |
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Publications & Research |
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Portner, Claus C. |
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Portner, Claus C. |
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Portner, Claus C. |
| title |
Sex-Selective Abortions, Fertility, and Birth Spacing |
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Sex-Selective Abortions, Fertility, and Birth Spacing |
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Sex-Selective Abortions, Fertility, and Birth Spacing |
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Sex-Selective Abortions, Fertility, and Birth Spacing |
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Sex-Selective Abortions, Fertility, and Birth Spacing |
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sex-selective abortions, fertility, and birth spacing |
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World Bank Group, Washington, DC |
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2015 |
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