'Too many girls, too much dowry': Son preference and daughter aversion in rural Tamil Nadu, India

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 697-708

  Diamond Smith, Nadia ^a   Luke, Nancy ^a   McGarvey, Stephen ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Daughter aversion; Dowry; Female infanticide; India; Son preference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANTICIDE; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL SELECTION; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANTICIDE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 53249128988     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050802061665     Document Type: Article

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