Selecting sex: The effect of preferring sons

Early Human Development

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 759-761

  Hesketh, Therese ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CRIME; GENDER; GENDER BIAS; LAW; LONELINESS; MENTAL DISEASE; SEX PREFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL SECURITY; SON; VIOLENCE;

ABORTION, INDUCED; CHINA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; SEX PRESELECTION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 80054957933     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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