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Son-biased sex ratios in the 2000 United States Census

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: We document male-biased sex ratios among U.S.-born children of Chinese, Korean, and Asian Indian parents in the 2000 U.S. Census. This male bias is particularly evident for third children: If there was no previous son, sons outnumbered daughters by 50%. By contrast, the sex ratios of eldest and younger children with an older brother were both within the range of the biologically normal, as were White offspring sex ratios (irrespective of the elder siblings' sex). We interpret the found deviation in favor of sons to be evidence of sex selection, most likely at the prenatal stage.

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0800703105

Authors: Douglas Almond, Lena Edlund

Institutions: National Bureau of Economic Research, Columbia University

Language: English

Topic: Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences

Subfield: Gender Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1982182641

FWCI: 20.19

Cites: 13

Cited by: 189

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