Sex preferences for children revisited: New evidence from Germany

Population

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 133-144

  Hank, Karsten ^a   Kohler, Hans Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SON PREFERENCE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 4344622029     PISSN: 16342941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3917/pope.301.0133     Document Type: Article

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