Son Preference, Sex Selection, and Kinship in Vietnam

Population and Development Review

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-54

  Guilmoto, Christophe Z ^a  

^a Inserm   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; FERTILITY; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; KINSHIP; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION POLICY; SEX RATIO; SON PREFERENCE;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FERTILITY; GENDER IDENTITY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HISTORY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VIET NAM;

CENSUSES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY; FERTILITY; GENDER IDENTITY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; SEX PRESELECTION; SEX RATIO; VIETNAM;

VIET NAM;

EID: 84858761437     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2012.00471.x     Document Type: Article

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