Marriage form and son preference in rural China: An investigation in three counties

Rural Sociology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 511-536

  Jin, Xiaoyi ^a   Li, Shuzhuo ^a   Feldman, Marcus W ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE USE; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; FERTILITY; MARRIAGE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CHANGE; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 37149006096     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1526/003601107782638684     Document Type: Article

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