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child and of the first two and three children. This confirms again above findings. (7)
Particularly, the strongest son preference exists among one-child families. This is
because, naturally speaking, nearly a half of the one-child families have only one
daughter, among these families parents with son preference may desperately want next
child with their favorite sex. In other word, for two-child or more children families, the
proportion of only-girl families is much smaller than that among one-child families, and
because the possibility of having more children in reality is very small, parent may
express weaker son preference. (8) The son preference and then the balanced sex
preference are well indicated by the ideal sex order. Sex order is related with sex
preferences, this is well documented in the literature of studies around the world, and this
relation is sometimes conditioned by family size. (9) Son preference can be clearly
inferred through parental child-raising preferences, including the length parents stated to
support their children, the educational level preferred by parents, and other life journal
supports. (10) Son preference are also implied through parental perception of child-value,
including additional labor to family, old age security, happiness, carrying on family
name, and passing on family plan.
Summarizing the logistic regression analysis, it is clearly sound that sex
compositions of existing children influence parental birth intentions, and the pattern of
effects differs by family types in terms of the number of existing children.
With comparison to all boy(s) families, all the sex compositions of existing
children have positive effects on parents’ intention for additional births, with exception of
the composition of two boys and one girl. However, for three-child families, none of the
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| Full text | 173 child and of the first two and three children. This confirms again above findings. (7) Particularly, the strongest son preference exists among one-child families. This is because, naturally speaking, nearly a half of the one-child families have only one daughter, among these families parents with son preference may desperately want next child with their favorite sex. In other word, for two-child or more children families, the proportion of only-girl families is much smaller than that among one-child families, and because the possibility of having more children in reality is very small, parent may express weaker son preference. (8) The son preference and then the balanced sex preference are well indicated by the ideal sex order. Sex order is related with sex preferences, this is well documented in the literature of studies around the world, and this relation is sometimes conditioned by family size. (9) Son preference can be clearly inferred through parental child-raising preferences, including the length parents stated to support their children, the educational level preferred by parents, and other life journal supports. (10) Son preference are also implied through parental perception of child-value, including additional labor to family, old age security, happiness, carrying on family name, and passing on family plan. Summarizing the logistic regression analysis, it is clearly sound that sex compositions of existing children influence parental birth intentions, and the pattern of effects differs by family types in terms of the number of existing children. With comparison to all boy(s) families, all the sex compositions of existing children have positive effects on parents’ intention for additional births, with exception of the composition of two boys and one girl. However, for three-child families, none of the Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. |
