scholarly journals Determining the Impact of Sex Preferences on Fertility: A Consideration of Parity Progression Ratio, Dominance, and Stopping Rule Measures

Demography ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary H. McClelland
Keyword(s):  
Stopping Rule ◽  
Parity Progression ◽  
Parity Progression Ratio ◽  
Sex Preferences ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Estimation of Cohort Fertility Using Parity Progression Ratio

2020 ◽  
pp. 18-28
Author(s):  
Dhanendra Veer Shakya
Keyword(s):  
Age Groups ◽  
Fertility Level ◽  
Parity Progression ◽  
Birth Cohorts ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Parity Progression Ratio ◽  
History Of ◽  
Cohort Fertility ◽  
Children Ever Born ◽  
Using Data

This study attempts to analyze the levels and patterns of cohort fertility in Nepal in 2016 using data on parity progression ratios (PPRs). Simple PPRs, rather than synthetic PPRs or birth history of women, are used in this study from distribution of women by age and children ever born. Data on PPRs are used from 2016 Nepal Demographic and Health Survey to estimate cohort fertility of currently married and all women separately. Fertility is analyzed for different birth cohorts of women, specifically for birth cohorts of age groups 45-49, 20-24, 25-29, and 30-34 years, beside overall span of reproductive ages (15-49) for different purposes. The PPRs data are employed in this study in three different ways such as PPRs itself, proportion of women with at least ‘N’ number of children ever born (CEB), and cohort fertility rates. All three measures are implied to estimate cohort fertility of both currently married and all women separately. Fertility patterns are almost similar in all the three methods and other the measures show that the level of cohort fertility is still a little higher in Nepal, although it is declining gradually over time. The completed cohort fertility is estimated at around 4 in Nepal in 2016. The contribution of this article will be to check fertility level by applying this simple, but less common, method in estimating cohort fertility.

The Iranian Fertility Decline, 1981-1999: An Application of the Synthetic Parity Progression Ratio Method

2006 ◽  
Vol 61 (5) ◽  
pp. 701 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meimanat Hosseini-Chavoshi ◽  
Peter McDonald ◽  
Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi
Keyword(s):  
Fertility Decline ◽  
Ratio Method ◽  
Parity Progression ◽  
Parity Progression Ratio

scholarly journals TREND OF SYNTHETIC PARITY PROGRESSION RATIO (SPPR) OF INDIA: EVIDENCE FROM NATIONAL FAMILY HEALTH SURVEYS

2019 ◽  
pp. 153-172
Author(s):  
Abhishek Bharti ◽  
Anup Kumar ◽  
B. P. Singh
Keyword(s):  
Total Fertility Rate ◽  
Health Surveys ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Parity Progression ◽  
National Family Health Survey ◽  
Parity Progression Ratio ◽  
National Family ◽  
Fertility Trend ◽  
Regional Fertility

Fertility dynamics have been studied in this paper from 1977 to 2015. Regional fertility changes are analyzed using all four rounds of National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data. Synthetic Parity Progression Ratios (SPPR) and Total fertility rate (based on PPR) are used to analyze the fertility trend. Except for first parity, there is a decline in second and higher order birth of all the six regions. Reduction of third and higher order birth is the main reason for this decline.  

scholarly journals Determining the Impact of Sex Preferences on Fertility: A Demonstration Study

Demography ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathy R. Widmer ◽  
Gary H. McClelland ◽  
Carol A. Nickerson
Keyword(s):  
Sex Preferences ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Offspring sex preferences among patrilineal and matrilineal Mosuo in Southwest China revealed by differences in parity progression

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (9) ◽  
pp. 160526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siobhán M. Mattison ◽  
Bret Beheim ◽  
Bridget Chak ◽  
Peter Buston
Keyword(s):  
Southwest China ◽  
Son Preference ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Parity Progression ◽  
Cultural Characteristics ◽  
Sex Preferences ◽  
Offspring Sex ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
Matrilineal Inheritance

Son preference predominates in China, yet there are patterned exceptions to this rule. In this paper, we test whether lineality (patrilineal versus matrilineal inheritance and descent) is associated with son versus daughter preference among the ethnic Mosuo (Na) of Southwest China. Our results show (i) an increased probability of continued fertility among matrilineal women after having a son compared with a daughter and (ii) an increased probability of continued fertility among patrilineal women after having a daughter compared with a son. These results are consistent with son preference among patrilineal Mosuo and more muted daughter preference among the matrilineal Mosuo. Furthermore, we show (iii) the lowest probability of continued fertility at parity 2 once women have one daughter and one son across both systems, suggesting that preferences for at least one of each sex exist alongside preferences for the lineal sex. The Mosuo are the only known small-scale society in which two kinship systems distinguish sub-groups with many otherwise shared cultural characteristics. We discuss why this, in conjunction with differences in subsistence, may shed light on the evolutionary underpinnings of offspring sex preferences.

THE IMPACT OF THE STOPPING RULE ON SEX RATIO OF LAST BIRTHS IN VIETNAM

2011 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
BANG NGUYEN PHAM ◽  
TIMOTHY ADAIR ◽  
PETER S. HILL ◽  
CHALAPATI RAO
Keyword(s):  
Sex Ratio ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Population Change ◽  
Stopping Rule ◽  
Sex Selection ◽  
Male Birth ◽  
Selective Abortion ◽  
Female Birth ◽  
Sex Selective Abortion ◽  
The Impact

SummaryThis study examines the hypothesis that the stopping rule – a traditional postnatal sex selection method where couples decide to cease childbearing once they bear a son – plays a role in high sex ratio of last births (SRLB). The study develops a theoretical framework to demonstrate the operation of the stopping rule in a context of son preference. This framework was used to demonstrate the impact of the stopping rule on the SRLB in Vietnam, using data from the Population Change Survey 2006. The SRLB of Vietnam was high at the level of 130 in the period 1970–2006, and particularly in the period 1986–1995, when sex-selective abortion was not available. Women were 21% more likely to stop childbearing after a male birth compared with a female birth. The SRLB was highest at parity 2 (138.7), particularly in rural areas (153.5), and extremely high (181.9) when the previous birth was female. Given the declining fertility, the stopping rule has a potential synergistic effect with sex-selective abortion to accentuate a trend of one-son families in the population.

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