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Publication Date: January 1987
Publisher: East-West Center
Author(s): Bryant Robey
Research Area: Population and demographics
Type: Brief
Abstract:
A new method makes it possible to mreasure the impact of sex preference on fertility. A study based on the new method demonstrates that sex perference does not have as much influence on a nation's fertility levels as had previousoy been thought. This is the case because most couples achieve their minimum desired number of sons and daughters early in their childbearing careers, by sheer biological chance. These new findings have important policy implications.