Son preference in rural China: Patrilineal families and socioeconomic change

Population and Development Review

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 665-690

  Murphy, Rachel ^a   Tao, Ran ^b   Lu, Xi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; FAMILY STRUCTURE; GENEALOGY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LABOR MARKET; RURAL SOCIETY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SON PREFERENCE; VILLAGE; WELFARE PROVISION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FAMILY SIZE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH; HISTORY; INCOME; LEGAL ASPECT; NUCLEAR FAMILY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHINA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; GENDER IDENTITY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; INCOME; NUCLEAR FAMILY; OWNERSHIP; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

CHINA;

EID: 83455199952     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2011.00452.x     Document Type: Article

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