The implementation of preferences for male offspring

Population and Development Review

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 185-208

  Bongaarts, John ^a  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; FERTILITY; POPULATION POLICY; SEX RATIO; SON PREFERENCE; TECHNOLOGY;

AFRICA; ASIA; INDIA; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 84878784927     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2013.00588.x     Document Type: Article

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