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University of Otago
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Robitaille, Marie-Claire.
'May You Be the Mother of a Hundred Sons': Gender Inequality in Child Mortality in India and its Proximate Determinants
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Degree: 2010, University of Otago
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/421 
► Half a million girls a year are sex-selectively aborted in India (Jha et al., 2006); many others never reach their fifth birthday due to infanticide…
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▼ Half a million girls a year are sex-selectively aborted in India (Jha et al., 2006); many others never reach their fifth birthday due to infanticide or sex-selective neglect. The Indian government has tried to curb discrimination against girls by adopting different policies, such as banning sex-selective abortions. However, based on the 2001 census, the ratio of girls to boys aged less than six years old keeps decreasing. Even putting moral considerations to one side, the importance of curbing this trend is considerable. Social unrest, violence, kidnapping of women and the like have been documented to occur whenever the sex ratio becomes too skewed among young adults (Hudson and Den Boer, 2002). It should, therefore, be a priority for the Indian government to halt these social practices leading to discrimination against and to the elimination of female foetuses and female toddlers.
In this thesis, it is hypothesised that parents perform a cost-benefit analysis while deciding the allocation of vital resources among their children. This cost-benefit analysis is based on many factors. The economic system, the cultural system including, notably, religion, and household characteristics are believed to have an impact on parents’ willingness to discriminate against some of their daughters. Parents, however, have limited resources and, therefore, cannot implement perfectly their desire to keep, or not, all their children.
The focus of this thesis is on the impact of religion on gender inequality in child mortality and its proximate determinants, namely, height-for-age z-score, weight-for-age z-score, vaccination, treatment/advice for diarrhoea and access to oral rehydration salts. Chapters two and three discuss the factors which lead parents to discriminate against some of their children; chapter two is devoted to religion while chapter three summarizes other key arguments from the literature.
After discussing the data—mainly from the National Family and Health Survey (NFHS)—and the model specification in chapter four, chapter five uses a model-based approach to determine empirically what leads some parents to discriminate against their daughters. Using different techniques, that is, OLS, logit, Poisson, the Heckman correction for sample selection and the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition, this chapter reaches some interesting conclusions. First, Indian girls are clearly more at risk of dying during infancy, relative to boys, than would be expected based only on biological differences. The difference in mortality between boys and girls seems to be caused mainly by differences in access to health care. We also conclude that the Sikhs are the religious group with the highest level of gender inequality among their children. One other interesting conclusion of this chapter is that even if we find evidence of selection bias in the data in the case of vaccination, correcting for this bias does not change markedly our qualitative results. In other words, even after accounting for the fact that some girls may have been…
Advisors/Committee Members: Knowles, Stephen (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Son Preference;
Religion;
India
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Robitaille, M. (2010). 'May You Be the Mother of a Hundred Sons': Gender Inequality in Child Mortality in India and its Proximate Determinants
. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Otago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/421
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Robitaille, Marie-Claire. “'May You Be the Mother of a Hundred Sons': Gender Inequality in Child Mortality in India and its Proximate Determinants
.” 2010. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Otago. Accessed January 23, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10523/421.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Robitaille, Marie-Claire. “'May You Be the Mother of a Hundred Sons': Gender Inequality in Child Mortality in India and its Proximate Determinants
.” 2010. Web. 23 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Robitaille M. 'May You Be the Mother of a Hundred Sons': Gender Inequality in Child Mortality in India and its Proximate Determinants
. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Otago; 2010. [cited 2021 Jan 23].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/421.
Council of Science Editors:
Robitaille M. 'May You Be the Mother of a Hundred Sons': Gender Inequality in Child Mortality in India and its Proximate Determinants
. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Otago; 2010. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/421
Texas A&M University
2.
Min, Ho Sik.
Son preference and fertility in China, South Korea, and the United States.
Degree: PhD, Sociology, 2009, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1379
► The goal of this dissertation is to contribute in three ways to the literature on son preference and fertility through a comparative perspective. First, I…
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▼ The goal of this dissertation is to contribute in three ways to the literature on
son preference and fertility through a comparative perspective. First, I examine the impact of
son preference on fertility in China and South Korea compared with the United States. The impact that a female birth has on the likelihood of a woman having another birth is of the most concern: Women who have one or two daughter(s) as previous child(ren) are expected to be more likely to experience the hazard of having a second or a third birth. Second, my dissertation attempts to examine the effects of women’s status on
son preference if women’s education reduces
son preference. Third, my dissertation examines
son preference and fertility in the U.S. Even though the U.S. has never shown
son preference regarding sex ratios at birth, recent research has shown this association to exist among poor Hispanics. My dissertation used data from a national sample, 2002 National Survey of Family Growth. The results showed that women in China and South Korea who had a daughter instead of a
son as their first child had a higher hazard of having a second birth as expected. Moreover, the results showed that the hazard ratio of having a third birth for Chinese and South Korean women was almost four and five times more, respectively. As expected, the hazard ratios for the U.S. were not significant and thus did not support the hypothesis. And the more educated women who had a daughter(s) instead of a
son(s) as their previous child(ren) were less likely to have a second birth, but not in the third birth. This means women’s education apparently does not reduce
son preference in the case of the third birth. Thus, women’s education apparently has limited or no influence on the childbearing decision where
son preference is strong. Third, Hispanic women with low socioeconomic status did not have a significant hazard ratio of having a higher order birth. Accordingly, the dissertation does not find any statistical evidence of American
son preference at the national level.
Advisors/Committee Members: Poston, Jr., Dudley L. (advisor), Albrecht, Don E. (committee member), Finlay, Barbara (committee member), Saenz, Rogelio (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: son preference; fertility; hazard analysis
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Min, H. S. (2009). Son preference and fertility in China, South Korea, and the United States. (Doctoral Dissertation). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1379
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Min, Ho Sik. “Son preference and fertility in China, South Korea, and the United States.” 2009. Doctoral Dissertation, Texas A&M University. Accessed January 23, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1379.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Min, Ho Sik. “Son preference and fertility in China, South Korea, and the United States.” 2009. Web. 23 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Min HS. Son preference and fertility in China, South Korea, and the United States. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2009. [cited 2021 Jan 23].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1379.
Council of Science Editors:
Min HS. Son preference and fertility in China, South Korea, and the United States. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2009. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1379
University of Lund
3.
Chen, Zeyuan.
Getting old in a changing world : Sons, pension, and the
wellbeing of the elderly in contemporary China.
Degree: 2018, University of Lund
URL: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/3eaa57cf-cc70-4614-aea5-09a512542bf5
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https://portal.research.lu.se/ws/files/52998504/Zeyuan_Chen_webb.pdf
► The Chinese population is rapidly aging, which has brought challenges for the elderly support system. Until very recently, only urban employees were eligible to receive…
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▼ The Chinese population is rapidly aging, which has
brought challenges for the elderly support system. Until very
recently, only urban employees were eligible to receive a pension,
while the rural elderly were forced to rely on income from their
own labor and support from their family. In these circumstances, it
is unsurprising that the rural elderly were most likely to fall
into poverty. The recent introduction of the New Rural Social
Pension represents a fundamental change, as it offer a
comprehensive pension to rural Chinese for the first time in its
history. The initiative may reduce the need for family support. Son
preference is well-established in China as, traditionally, sons are
expected to be mainly responsible for taking care of their elderly
parents. As the new pension relieves the elderly’s economic
dependency on their children, it becomes relevant to ask whether it
has mediated the implications of son preference, notably whether
having a son still results in a better later life. This
dissertation explores how changes in intergenerational support have
affected the elderly’s wellbeing. The results show that the new
pension has made it possible for the rural elderly to retire and
improved their relative bargaining power within the household –
allowing them to spend more on healthcare. The treatment effect of
the pension is remarkably strong given the small amount of benefit
(9 USD per month). This indicates that the rural elderly had been
living in very poor conditions, and suggests that the family
support system cannot adequately provide for them. It appears that
better public support is required.Another finding concerns the
situation within the family. My results show that having a son does
not improve either material support or subjective wellbeing. It
therefore appears that young parents’ son preference does not turn
out to be a rational choice in later life. Moreover, the expansion
of social welfare has weakened the economic rational of favoring
sons, and increased the importance of daughters, as parents’ needs
shift from day-to-day care to emotional support. Once basic
material needs are met, daughters’ have the advantage of providing
emotional support, and they become essential to their
parents.
Subjects/Keywords: Economic History; ageing; health; retirement; pension; son preference; happiness; China
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Chen, Z. (2018). Getting old in a changing world : Sons, pension, and the
wellbeing of the elderly in contemporary China. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Lund. Retrieved from https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/3eaa57cf-cc70-4614-aea5-09a512542bf5 ; https://portal.research.lu.se/ws/files/52998504/Zeyuan_Chen_webb.pdf
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Chen, Zeyuan. “Getting old in a changing world : Sons, pension, and the
wellbeing of the elderly in contemporary China.” 2018. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Lund. Accessed January 23, 2021.
https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/3eaa57cf-cc70-4614-aea5-09a512542bf5 ; https://portal.research.lu.se/ws/files/52998504/Zeyuan_Chen_webb.pdf.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Chen, Zeyuan. “Getting old in a changing world : Sons, pension, and the
wellbeing of the elderly in contemporary China.” 2018. Web. 23 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Chen Z. Getting old in a changing world : Sons, pension, and the
wellbeing of the elderly in contemporary China. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Lund; 2018. [cited 2021 Jan 23].
Available from: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/3eaa57cf-cc70-4614-aea5-09a512542bf5 ; https://portal.research.lu.se/ws/files/52998504/Zeyuan_Chen_webb.pdf.
Council of Science Editors:
Chen Z. Getting old in a changing world : Sons, pension, and the
wellbeing of the elderly in contemporary China. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Lund; 2018. Available from: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/3eaa57cf-cc70-4614-aea5-09a512542bf5 ; https://portal.research.lu.se/ws/files/52998504/Zeyuan_Chen_webb.pdf
University of Sydney
4.
Phan, Ly Dieu.
Women's empowerment and fertility preferences in Southeast Asia
.
Degree: 2016, University of Sydney
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2123/15251
► In this thesis I examine the relationship between women’s empowerment and fertility preferences of women in four Southeast Asian countries, including Cambodia; Indonesia; the Philippines…
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▼ In this thesis I examine the relationship between women’s empowerment and fertility preferences of women in four Southeast Asian countries, including Cambodia; Indonesia; the Philippines and East Timor, using data from the Demographic and Health Surveys. First, micro data are utilized to create measurement models for women’s empowerment using principal axis factoring. Three factors of women’s empowerment are found, which are women’s labor force participation, women’s education and women’s household decision-making. Second, these three women’s empowerment factors are examined to see if they have any associations with women’s fertility preference, measured by the ideal number of children and the ideal number of sons. Results from OLS, Poisson and ordered logit models show that women’s empowerment has significant and negative association with the ideal number of children and the ideal number of sons in the four countries of study. This research overcomes current obstacles in the operationalization of women’s empowerment by moving from the aggregate to the individual level using data from developing countries. The results of this study suggest that female labor force participation is the key in keeping fertility at a balanced level, and son preference is mostly associated with inside-the-household factors such as household decision-making rather than outside-the-household factors such as education and employment. All in all, the impacts of women's empowerment on fertility decision-making are more differentiated than the theoretical literature might suggest, relating specific types of empowerment to specific types of fertility preference.
Subjects/Keywords: Women's empowerment;
fertility;
son preference;
Southeast Asia;
DHS
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Phan, L. D. (2016). Women's empowerment and fertility preferences in Southeast Asia
. (Thesis). University of Sydney. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2123/15251
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Phan, Ly Dieu. “Women's empowerment and fertility preferences in Southeast Asia
.” 2016. Thesis, University of Sydney. Accessed January 23, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/2123/15251.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Phan, Ly Dieu. “Women's empowerment and fertility preferences in Southeast Asia
.” 2016. Web. 23 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Phan LD. Women's empowerment and fertility preferences in Southeast Asia
. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Sydney; 2016. [cited 2021 Jan 23].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2123/15251.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Phan LD. Women's empowerment and fertility preferences in Southeast Asia
. [Thesis]. University of Sydney; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2123/15251
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
5.
Sabharwal, Rebha.
Male Education and Son Preference in India.
Degree: PhD, Sociology, 2013, Arizona State University
URL: http://repository.asu.edu/items/18747
► The study of son preference in India has been the focus of research for a few decades. The desire for sons leads to unfavorable consequences…
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▼ The study of son preference in India has been the
focus of research for a few decades. The desire for sons leads to
unfavorable consequences for daughters such as unequal access to
resources, abortion, and female infanticide. Work on men's
education and son preference is relatively scarce and this
dissertation contributes to existing literature by exploring this
relationship from a life course perspective. I have argued that
education changes men's attitudes towards son preference by
encouraging them to re-evaluate traditional gender roles and that
this relationship is mediated by wealth. I use the National Family
and Health Survey-III to examine fertility intentions and behaviors
as measures of son preference. I have found support for some of my
hypotheses. The findings from three studies walk through the
different phases of reproduction for the Indian man. They show that
son preference manifests itself at the beginning when there are no
children, is strongly present after the birth of children, and then
shows itself again at the end when the man wishes to stop
childbearing. Being educated leads to the preference of sons being
weaker and this is perhaps due to traditional gender roles being
challenged. Wealth may mediate the relationship between men's
education and son preference at the beginning, but does not act as
a mediator once children are born.
Subjects/Keywords: Sociology; Demography; gender; son preference
…x22;Male education, son preference, and fertility intentions of childless
men", studies… …childless men. The results of this study contribute to existing research
on son preference by… …mediation by wealth.
Chapter 3, "Male education, son preference, and intentions to stop… …education, son preference, and contraceptive use among men
who want to stop childbearing"… …for future research.
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SON PREFERENCE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
Son preference is said to be…
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APA (6th Edition):
Sabharwal, R. (2013). Male Education and Son Preference in India. (Doctoral Dissertation). Arizona State University. Retrieved from http://repository.asu.edu/items/18747
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Sabharwal, Rebha. “Male Education and Son Preference in India.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, Arizona State University. Accessed January 23, 2021.
http://repository.asu.edu/items/18747.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Sabharwal, Rebha. “Male Education and Son Preference in India.” 2013. Web. 23 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Sabharwal R. Male Education and Son Preference in India. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Arizona State University; 2013. [cited 2021 Jan 23].
Available from: http://repository.asu.edu/items/18747.
Council of Science Editors:
Sabharwal R. Male Education and Son Preference in India. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Arizona State University; 2013. Available from: http://repository.asu.edu/items/18747
University of Pennsylvania
6.
Visaria, Abhijit.
Religion and Son Preference in India and Bangladesh: Three Essays on Comparing Hindus and Muslims on Son Preference and Sex Differentials in Child Health.
Degree: 2015, University of Pennsylvania
URL: https://repository.upenn.edu/edissertations/2079
► While the existence of son preference in south Asia is well-known, a gap in our understanding of the determinants of son preference is potential differences…
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▼ While the existence of son preference in south Asia is well-known, a gap in our understanding of the determinants of son preference is potential differences between religious groups. In this dissertation, I examine whether Hindus and Muslims in India and Bangladesh differ in terms of son preference. I find low daughter discrimination among Muslims and significant son preference among Hindus. I first analyze preferences for the ideal number and sex of children in India, and compare them to actual fertility behaviors that serve as a measure of sex selective abortion. I find that Muslim women are less likely to report a preference for sons in their ideal fertility responses. Analysis of parity-specific births conditional on the sex composition of previous children reveals that the odds of male births are higher than female births for only Hindus and specifically when the previously born children are only girls. In Chapter 2, I extend the analysis to stunting and childhood immunization. I find that Hindu girls are worse off compared to Hindu boys in terms of stunting when their older siblings are also girls. However, there are no sex differentials in immunization, which suggests that while Hindu girls are disadvantaged in terms of long-term intra-household access to nutrition, girls are not discriminated against, in either Hindu or Muslim families, when it comes to availing health services through a fixed number of low-cost or free events. In Chapter 3, I examine whether a group’s majority/minority status influences son preferences by comparing Hindu-majority and Muslim-minority India with Muslim-majority and Hindu-minority Bangladesh. Overall I do not find evidence for son preference among Muslims. In India, Hindus exhibit son preference in Hindu-majority clusters but not in Hindu-minority clusters. In Bangladesh, Hindus exhibit son preference in Hindu-minority areas but not Hindu-majority areas. This suggests that traditional, gender-biased norms prevail for a group with a majority at both the community and national levels. In Indian Hindu-minority clusters, the unique social and cultural environment with more gender-equitable norms influences Hindus. In Hindu-minority areas in Hindu-minority Bangladesh, traditional social norms may be reinforced through a greater threat perception and closely-knit networks.
Subjects/Keywords: Bangladesh; India; Religion; Sex differentials; Son preference; Demography, Population, and Ecology; Sociology
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Visaria, A. (2015). Religion and Son Preference in India and Bangladesh: Three Essays on Comparing Hindus and Muslims on Son Preference and Sex Differentials in Child Health. (Thesis). University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved from https://repository.upenn.edu/edissertations/2079
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Visaria, Abhijit. “Religion and Son Preference in India and Bangladesh: Three Essays on Comparing Hindus and Muslims on Son Preference and Sex Differentials in Child Health.” 2015. Thesis, University of Pennsylvania. Accessed January 23, 2021.
https://repository.upenn.edu/edissertations/2079.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Visaria, Abhijit. “Religion and Son Preference in India and Bangladesh: Three Essays on Comparing Hindus and Muslims on Son Preference and Sex Differentials in Child Health.” 2015. Web. 23 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Visaria A. Religion and Son Preference in India and Bangladesh: Three Essays on Comparing Hindus and Muslims on Son Preference and Sex Differentials in Child Health. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Pennsylvania; 2015. [cited 2021 Jan 23].
Available from: https://repository.upenn.edu/edissertations/2079.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Visaria A. Religion and Son Preference in India and Bangladesh: Three Essays on Comparing Hindus and Muslims on Son Preference and Sex Differentials in Child Health. [Thesis]. University of Pennsylvania; 2015. Available from: https://repository.upenn.edu/edissertations/2079
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
University of Oxford
7.
Kashyap, Ridhi.
The dynamics of prenatal sex selection and excess female child mortality in contexts with son preference.
Degree: PhD, 2017, University of Oxford
URL: https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:4ac4c0eb-1365-4922-be89-6770c3b23dce
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https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.729136
► This thesis examines demographic manifestations of son preference in three parts. Part I develops a simulation model that formalises the decision to practice prenatal sex…
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▼ This thesis examines demographic manifestations of son preference in three parts. Part I develops a simulation model that formalises the decision to practice prenatal sex selection through a "ready, willing and able" framework. The model is calibrated to South Korean and Indian sex ratio at birth (SRB) trajectories. Simulations reveal how SRB distortions in both countries have emerged despite declining son preference due to the rapid diusion of ultrasound combined with growing propensities to abort as a result of weakening norms for large families. Part II examines the potential role of big data to indirectly estimate the SRB at the subnational level in India. States with distorted SRBs tend to display a relatively high Google search activity for ultrasound. SRB "now-casts" generated using search volumes perform better than lagged variable models in high birth registration states. Part III examines the relationship between prenatal sex selection and postnatal excess female child mortality in two studies. The first applies lifetable techniques to decompose population changes in child sex ratios into a fertility component attributable to prenatal sex selection and a mortality component attributable to sex-differentials in postnatal survival. This study finds that although reductions in numbers of excess female deaths have accompanied increases in "missing" female births in all countries experiencing SRB distortions, excess female mortality has persisted in some but not in others. The second study uses birth histories of the Demographic and Health Surveys for six countries that have witnessed SRB distortions - India, Nepal, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Albania - to examine if differential mortality change by sex can be explained by the uptake of prenatal sex selection. This study finds that changes in prenatal sex selection only explain mortality change in India. Across all countries, although patterns of mortality disadvantage are concentrated amongst less educated mothers, prenatal sex selection is strongest among the better educated. Differential sorting into the two behaviours offers an explanation for why the effect for prenatal sex selection is generally weak.
Subjects/Keywords: 304.6; Demography; Sociology; Social Statistics; Excess female mortality; Asia; Son Preference; Sex Selection; Mortality; Sex Ratios at Birth; Missing women; Fertility
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Kashyap, R. (2017). The dynamics of prenatal sex selection and excess female child mortality in contexts with son preference. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Oxford. Retrieved from https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:4ac4c0eb-1365-4922-be89-6770c3b23dce ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.729136
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Kashyap, Ridhi. “The dynamics of prenatal sex selection and excess female child mortality in contexts with son preference.” 2017. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Oxford. Accessed January 23, 2021.
https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:4ac4c0eb-1365-4922-be89-6770c3b23dce ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.729136.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Kashyap, Ridhi. “The dynamics of prenatal sex selection and excess female child mortality in contexts with son preference.” 2017. Web. 23 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Kashyap R. The dynamics of prenatal sex selection and excess female child mortality in contexts with son preference. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Oxford; 2017. [cited 2021 Jan 23].
Available from: https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:4ac4c0eb-1365-4922-be89-6770c3b23dce ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.729136.
Council of Science Editors:
Kashyap R. The dynamics of prenatal sex selection and excess female child mortality in contexts with son preference. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Oxford; 2017. Available from: https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:4ac4c0eb-1365-4922-be89-6770c3b23dce ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.729136
University of Lund
8.
Eklund, Lisa.
Rethinking Son Preference – Gender, Population Dynamics
and Social Change in the People’s Republic of China.
Degree: 2011, University of Lund
URL: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/1950819
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https://portal.research.lu.se/ws/files/3719236/1951084.pdf
► This dissertation explores how son preference is constructed and renegotiated in light of social change in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Based on secondary…
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▼ This dissertation explores how son preference is
constructed and renegotiated in light of social change in the
People’s Republic of China (PRC). Based on secondary sources and
interviews with women and men in rural Anhui Province as well as
key informants, it addresses son preference from conceptual,
methodological, empirical and ideological perspectives. The
analysis centres around son preference understood as a social
institution that is both gendered/sexed and has intergenerational
characteristics. The dissertation suggests that in the PRC, son
preference is a “double sensitive” issue to study as it has become
politically incorrect due to the Care for Girls Campaign, and as it
is often perceived by government officials as easily leading to
criticising the population policy. It proposes that there are two
main approaches to studying son preference, namely the outcome
approach, which focuses on how son preference manifests itself, and
the causal approach, which zooms in on different factors
underpinning the institution of son preference. It argues that
accounts about the scope and prevalence of son preference are often
informed by an outcome approach, where sex ratio at birth (SRB)
imbalance is typically regarded as a proxy indicator of son
preference. However, the dissertation challenges the usefulness of
using SRB as a proxy indicator and suggests that when put in
relation to fertility rates, SRB can be used to model “son
compulsion”, which denotes that parents want to give birth to at
least one son and take action in order to meet that goal. However,
as demonstrated, there is no direct link between son compulsion and
the institution of son preference, since son compulsion can be
triggered by what is termed the “supply-factor”, i.e. that prenatal
sex-selection is becoming more available and morally and socially
acceptable. When adopting a causal approach, it becomes clear that
the institution of son preference is being renegotiated through a
dynamic process of individual and structural factors, which are
anchored in a society that is becoming increasingly commercialised
and individualised, and which is marked by low fertility levels, an
ageing population and large flows of rural-urban migration. Still,
due to ideological reasons related to the population policy, the
role of the Chinese Communist Party in disciplining social order
and ideas about modernity, son preference is often depicted in both
official and popular discourses as something essentially
“traditional”, “rural”, “backward” and “feudal”. In reality,
however, son preference is becoming renegotiated in ways which blur
the divide between “rural” and “urban”, and “traditional” and
“modern”.
Subjects/Keywords: Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and
Social Anthropology); Son preference; sex ratio at birth; gender; generation; migration; population; China
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Eklund, L. (2011). Rethinking Son Preference – Gender, Population Dynamics
and Social Change in the People’s Republic of China. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Lund. Retrieved from https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/1950819 ; https://portal.research.lu.se/ws/files/3719236/1951084.pdf
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Eklund, Lisa. “Rethinking Son Preference – Gender, Population Dynamics
and Social Change in the People’s Republic of China.” 2011. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Lund. Accessed January 23, 2021.
https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/1950819 ; https://portal.research.lu.se/ws/files/3719236/1951084.pdf.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Eklund, Lisa. “Rethinking Son Preference – Gender, Population Dynamics
and Social Change in the People’s Republic of China.” 2011. Web. 23 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Eklund L. Rethinking Son Preference – Gender, Population Dynamics
and Social Change in the People’s Republic of China. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Lund; 2011. [cited 2021 Jan 23].
Available from: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/1950819 ; https://portal.research.lu.se/ws/files/3719236/1951084.pdf.
Council of Science Editors:
Eklund L. Rethinking Son Preference – Gender, Population Dynamics
and Social Change in the People’s Republic of China. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Lund; 2011. Available from: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/1950819 ; https://portal.research.lu.se/ws/files/3719236/1951084.pdf
University of Georgia
9.
Biswas, Nabaneeta.
Political Economy, Gender and the Girl Child in india.
Degree: 2018, University of Georgia
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/37118
► In India, a strong son preference and offspring sex selection undermines girls’ survival in utero and early childhood. Though motivated by cultural factors, the bias…
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▼ In India, a strong son preference and offspring sex selection undermines girls’ survival in utero and early childhood. Though motivated by cultural factors, the bias against girls is strengthened by women’s inferior socio-economic position
and their under-representation in the public sphere. This dissertation studies how gender representation in political bodies and public policy affect girls’ survival outcomes. First, I examine the impact of women’s political victories on sex selection.
Female representation in a male domain like politics can raise the status of women and also improve policy focus on women’s needs. I examine whether increased female representation in state governments improves prenatal and postnatal survival of girls. I
also explore the channels through which female politicians affect girls’ survival. Second, I evaluate the impact of a financial incentive scheme aimed at lowering discriminatory treatment of girls. Introduced in 2008, the program offers cash benefits to
couples for having and raising daughters. I investigate whether the program improves girls’ prenatal and postnatal survival by altering the relative costs of daughters. Together, these studies highlight the role of the political economy in targeting
gender bias and health issues for children.
Subjects/Keywords: Sex selection; Prenatal selection; Postnatal selection; Discrimination; Son preference; Gender bias; Feticide; Infanticide; Female politician; Policy; Conditional Cash Transfer; Dhanlakshmi scheme; Dissertations
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Biswas, N. (2018). Political Economy, Gender and the Girl Child in india. (Thesis). University of Georgia. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10724/37118
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Biswas, Nabaneeta. “Political Economy, Gender and the Girl Child in india.” 2018. Thesis, University of Georgia. Accessed January 23, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10724/37118.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Biswas, Nabaneeta. “Political Economy, Gender and the Girl Child in india.” 2018. Web. 23 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Biswas N. Political Economy, Gender and the Girl Child in india. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Georgia; 2018. [cited 2021 Jan 23].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/37118.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Biswas N. Political Economy, Gender and the Girl Child in india. [Thesis]. University of Georgia; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/37118
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
University of Georgia
10.
Biswas, Nabaneeta.
Political Economy, Gender and the Girl Child in india.
Degree: 2018, University of Georgia
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/37275
► In India, a strong son preference and offspring sex selection undermines girls’ survival in utero and early childhood. Though motivated by cultural factors, the bias…
(more)
▼ In India, a strong son preference and offspring sex selection undermines girls’ survival in utero and early childhood. Though motivated by cultural factors, the bias against girls is strengthened by women’s inferior socio-economic position
and their under-representation in the public sphere. This dissertation studies how gender representation in political bodies and public policy affect girls’ survival outcomes. First, I examine the impact of women’s political victories on sex selection.
Female representation in a male domain like politics can raise the status of women and also improve policy focus on women’s needs. I examine whether increased female representation in state governments improves prenatal and postnatal survival of girls. I
also explore the channels through which female politicians affect girls’ survival. Second, I evaluate the impact of a financial incentive scheme aimed at lowering discriminatory treatment of girls. Introduced in 2008, the program offers cash benefits to
couples for having and raising daughters. I investigate whether the program improves girls’ prenatal and postnatal survival by altering the relative costs of daughters. Together, these studies highlight the role of the political economy in targeting
gender bias and health issues for children.
Subjects/Keywords: Sex selection; Prenatal selection; Postnatal selection; Discrimination; Son preference; Gender bias; Feticide; Infanticide; Female politician; Policy; Conditional Cash Transfer; Dhanlakshmi scheme; Dissertations
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Biswas, N. (2018). Political Economy, Gender and the Girl Child in india. (Thesis). University of Georgia. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10724/37275
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Biswas, Nabaneeta. “Political Economy, Gender and the Girl Child in india.” 2018. Thesis, University of Georgia. Accessed January 23, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10724/37275.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Biswas, Nabaneeta. “Political Economy, Gender and the Girl Child in india.” 2018. Web. 23 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Biswas N. Political Economy, Gender and the Girl Child in india. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Georgia; 2018. [cited 2021 Jan 23].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/37275.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Biswas N. Political Economy, Gender and the Girl Child in india. [Thesis]. University of Georgia; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/37275
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Texas State University – San Marcos
11.
McIlwain, Amber Shevaun.
Spatial Differentials in Fertility and the 0-6 Year Sex Ratio in India, by District: 2001.
Degree: MS, Geography, 2007, Texas State University – San Marcos
URL: https://digital.library.txstate.edu/handle/10877/3360
► Most countries have a fairly stable sex ratio, however, in societies where there is a marked preference for male children a different pattern is seen,…
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▼ Most countries have a fairly stable sex ratio, however, in societies where there is a marked
preference for male children a different pattern is seen, one where population sex ratios are male dominant. This is the case for India, a country with an historical and cultural basis for
son preference. Findings from India’s 2001 census confirm that excess female mortality persists in much of India, even as the country experiences rapid declines in fertility levels. The objective of this study is twofold: (1) to understand the spatial differentials in total fertility rates and the 0-6 year child sex ratio in India and (2) to investigate the relationship between these two demographic indicators. Cultural, socio-economic, demographic, and geographic determinants of fertility and the sex ratio were examined in a multivariate framework using district-level data from the 2001 census. Findings conclude that region matters when explaining the spatial variation in fertility and the sex ratio but that no correlation exists between them. Female literacy had the greatest impact on fertility decline, whereas the sex ratio was affected by cultural factors.
Advisors/Committee Members: Day, Frederick (advisor), Majumdar, Debarun (committee member), Romig, Kevin (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Fertility; Sex ratio; Son preference; Excess female mortality; Stepwise regression
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McIlwain, A. S. (2007). Spatial Differentials in Fertility and the 0-6 Year Sex Ratio in India, by District: 2001. (Masters Thesis). Texas State University – San Marcos. Retrieved from https://digital.library.txstate.edu/handle/10877/3360
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
McIlwain, Amber Shevaun. “Spatial Differentials in Fertility and the 0-6 Year Sex Ratio in India, by District: 2001.” 2007. Masters Thesis, Texas State University – San Marcos. Accessed January 23, 2021.
https://digital.library.txstate.edu/handle/10877/3360.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
McIlwain, Amber Shevaun. “Spatial Differentials in Fertility and the 0-6 Year Sex Ratio in India, by District: 2001.” 2007. Web. 23 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
McIlwain AS. Spatial Differentials in Fertility and the 0-6 Year Sex Ratio in India, by District: 2001. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Texas State University – San Marcos; 2007. [cited 2021 Jan 23].
Available from: https://digital.library.txstate.edu/handle/10877/3360.
Council of Science Editors:
McIlwain AS. Spatial Differentials in Fertility and the 0-6 Year Sex Ratio in India, by District: 2001. [Masters Thesis]. Texas State University – San Marcos; 2007. Available from: https://digital.library.txstate.edu/handle/10877/3360
Queensland University of Technology
12.
Murray, Linda Jennifer.
Postnatal depression in Central Vietnam.
Degree: 2012, Queensland University of Technology
URL: https://eprints.qut.edu.au/63485/
► Postnatal depression (PND) is a significant global health issue, which not only impacts maternal wellbeing, but also infant development and family structures. Mental health disorders…
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▼ Postnatal depression (PND) is a significant global health issue, which not only impacts maternal wellbeing, but also infant development and family structures. Mental health disorders represent approximately 14% of global burden of disease and disability, including low and middle-income countries (LMIC), and PND has direct relevance to the Millennium Development Goals of reducing child mortality, improving maternal health, and creating global partnerships (United Nations, 2012; Guiseppe, Becker & Farmer, 2011). Emerging evidence suggests that PND in LMIC is similar to, or higher than in high-income countries (HIC), however, less than 10% of LMIC have prevalence data available (Fisher, Cabral de Mello, & Izutsu 2009; Lund et al., 2011). Whilst a small number of studies on maternal mental disorders have been published in Vietnam, only one specifically focuses on PND in a hospital-based sample. Also, community based mental health studies and information on mental health in rural areas of Vietnam is still scarce. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of PND, and its associated social determinants in postnatal women in Thua Thien Hue Province, Central Vietnam. In order to identify social determinants relevant to the Central Vietnamese context, two qualitative studies and one community survey were undertaken. Associations between maternal mental health and infant health outcomes were also explored.
The study was comprised of three phases. Firstly, iterative, qualitative interviews with Vietnamese health professionals (n = 17) and postpartum women (n = 15) were conducted and analysed using Kleinman's theory of explanatory models to identify narratives surrounding PND in the Vietnamese context (Kleinman, 1978). Secondly, a participatory concept mapping exercise was undertaken with two groups of health professionals (n = 12) to explore perceived risk and protective factors for postnatal mental health. Qualitative phases of the research elucidated narratives surrounding maternal mental health in the Vietnamese context such as son preference, use of traditional medicines, and the popularity of confinement practices such as having one to three months of complete rest. The qualitative research also revealed the construct of depression was not widely recognised. Rather, postpartum changes in mood were conceptualised as a loss of 'vital strength' following childbirth or 'disappointment'. Most women managed postpartum changes in mood within the family although some sought help from traditional medicine practitioners or biomedical doctors.
Thirdly, a cross-sectional study of twelve randomly selected communes (six urban, six rural) in Thua Thien Hue Province was then conducted. Overall, 465 women with infants between 4 weeks and six months old participated, and 431 questionnaires were analysed. Women from urban (n = 216) and rural (n = 215) areas participated. All eligible women completed a structured interview about their health, basic demographics, and social circumstances. Maternal depression was measured…
Subjects/Keywords: community based participatory research, concept mapping, confinement practices, content analysis, cross-sectional survey, gender, infant health, mental health, social capital, postnatal depression, postpartum depression, social support; socio-economic status, son preference, Vietnam
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Murray, L. J. (2012). Postnatal depression in Central Vietnam. (Thesis). Queensland University of Technology. Retrieved from https://eprints.qut.edu.au/63485/
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Murray, Linda Jennifer. “Postnatal depression in Central Vietnam.” 2012. Thesis, Queensland University of Technology. Accessed January 23, 2021.
https://eprints.qut.edu.au/63485/.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Murray, Linda Jennifer. “Postnatal depression in Central Vietnam.” 2012. Web. 23 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Murray LJ. Postnatal depression in Central Vietnam. [Internet] [Thesis]. Queensland University of Technology; 2012. [cited 2021 Jan 23].
Available from: https://eprints.qut.edu.au/63485/.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Murray LJ. Postnatal depression in Central Vietnam. [Thesis]. Queensland University of Technology; 2012. Available from: https://eprints.qut.edu.au/63485/
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
13.
Javed, Muhammad Rashid.
Essais sur la préférence du fils au pakistan : Essays on Son Preference in Pakistan.
Degree: Docteur es, Economie, 2019, Pau
URL: http://www.theses.fr/2019PAUU2056
► Ce mémoire regroupe différentes études sur la préférence pour les garçons au Pakistan. Celles-ci analysent la fréquence et l'étendue de la préférence pour les garçons…
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▼ Ce mémoire regroupe différentes études sur la préférence pour les garçons au Pakistan. Celles-ci analysent la fréquence et l'étendue de la préférence pour les garçons et son effet sur la grossesse des femmes. Le rôle que la préférence pour les garçons joue sur la participation des femmes au niveau des décisions au sein du ménage est examiné, tout comme son effet sur l'espacement des naissances, la probabilité d'une naissance à risque, ou l'impact de l'âge auquel une femme se marie sur l'équilibre entre les sexes et le développement de l'enfant né. Nous trouvons qu'il existe une préférence réelle et déclarée pour la progéniture masculine au Pakistan. La probabilité de poursuivre les grossesses diminue avec le nombre de garçons nés. De plus, les femmes qui ont au moins un garcon ont plus d'influence sur les décisions quotidiennes du ménage mais pas sur les décisions financières. La participation des femmes sur les décisions à prendre au sein du ménage augmente avec le nombre de garçons mais seulement jusqu'à la troisième naissance. D'ailleurs, les femmes ayant au moins un garçon attendent plus longtemps avant d'avoir d'autres enfants. Ce constat est plus particulièrement vrai dans le cadre d'une première naissance et il est moins présent à partir de la deuxième naissance. En outre, le fait de se marier à 18 ans ou plus tard influence de façon positive la préférence des femmes sur la composition de sa famille. Pourtant, peu importe qu’une femme se marie avant ou après 18 ans, cela ne modifie pas le biais en faveur des garçons dans leur investissement parental. A partir de ces résultats, nous proposons des préconisations politiques afin de lutter contre les inégalités entre les sexes au Pakistan.
This thesis is a collection of studies on son preference in Pakistan. The studies analyze the prevalence and strength of son preference and its effects on women’s childbearing. The role son preference plays in determining women's participation in intra-household decisionmaking is examined as are its effect on birth spacing, probability of risky births and role of maternal age at marriage in modifying gender-specific reproduction and development outcomes. We find strong evidence for both the revealed and stated preference for male offspring. The probability of continuing childbearing also decreases with the number of sons born. Furthermore, we find that women with at least one son have more say in ‘routine’ household decisions but not in financial decisions. Female participation in decision-making grows significantly with the number of sons but only up to the third parity. We find that women with at least one son are more likely to delay succeeding births. We obtain strong evidence at parity 1. The impact seems to dissipate beyond the second parity. Moreover, we find that marriage at 18 or later positively influence women’s preference for family’s sex composition. However, whether or not a woman married early or late does little to modify the male gender bias prevalent in parental investment. In light of these findings, we…
Advisors/Committee Members: Boisdeffre, Lionel de (thesis director), Yasin Mughal, Mazhar (thesis director).
Subjects/Keywords: Préférence pour les garçons; Naissance suivante; Fertilité; Evolution de la parité; Biais de genre; Prise de décision de femmes; Espacement des naissances; Son preference; Subsequent birth; Fertility; Parity progression; Gender bias; Sex selection; Female decision-Making
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Javed, M. R. (2019). Essais sur la préférence du fils au pakistan : Essays on Son Preference in Pakistan. (Doctoral Dissertation). Pau. Retrieved from http://www.theses.fr/2019PAUU2056
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Javed, Muhammad Rashid. “Essais sur la préférence du fils au pakistan : Essays on Son Preference in Pakistan.” 2019. Doctoral Dissertation, Pau. Accessed January 23, 2021.
http://www.theses.fr/2019PAUU2056.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Javed, Muhammad Rashid. “Essais sur la préférence du fils au pakistan : Essays on Son Preference in Pakistan.” 2019. Web. 23 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Javed MR. Essais sur la préférence du fils au pakistan : Essays on Son Preference in Pakistan. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Pau; 2019. [cited 2021 Jan 23].
Available from: http://www.theses.fr/2019PAUU2056.
Council of Science Editors:
Javed MR. Essais sur la préférence du fils au pakistan : Essays on Son Preference in Pakistan. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Pau; 2019. Available from: http://www.theses.fr/2019PAUU2056
University of Toronto
14.
Varley, Emma E.A.
Belaboured Lives: An Ethnography of Muslim Women's Pregnancy and Childbirth Practices in Pakistan's Northern Areas.
Degree: 2012, University of Toronto
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/43374
► My doctoral thesis, “Belaboured Lives,” examines the relationship between Sunni Muslim women’s reproductive and maternal health practices, Islamic conservatism, federal and non-governmental health programming, intense…
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▼ My doctoral thesis, “Belaboured Lives,” examines the relationship between Sunni Muslim women’s reproductive and maternal health practices, Islamic conservatism, federal and non-governmental health programming, intense Shia-Sunni conflict, interpersonal enmity and ‘occult’ forces in Gilgit Town, economic and administrative capital of Pakistan’s semi-autonomous, federally neglected and multi-sectarian Northern Areas. Over 14 months between 2004 and 2005, my doctoral ethnographic fieldwork involved research interviews and participant-observation among Sunni women and Gilgit Town’s biomedical, traditional and Islamic therapeutic service providers, as well as in household, community, mosque and clinical-settings. With Gilgit District’s maternal morbidity and mortality rate (MMR) being among the highest in Pakistan, my thesis argues that Gilgiti Sunni women’s reproductive and maternal health outcomes were the product of restrictive, inter-linked or mutually interacting structural and ideological forces, which were socio-economic, political, familial and religious in nature. By providing an ethnography not only of women’s home-centered health practices but also their in-clinic experiences, I address the wide array of physical, symbolic and cosmological threats women perceived as being interwoven with their fertility, pregnancy and childbirth-related health. To different degrees and in different ways, women, their families and health providers described how the socio-spatial constraints associated with Islamic pardah (veiling, gender seclusion) and izzat (honour) paradigms, conflict-related service exclusions, iatrogenic risk and hospital funding insufficiencies, ‘black magic’ and spirit ‘attacks’ were contributory factors to women’s poor health outcomes.
But my participants’ reproductive health was not only the arena for wellness-seeking and crisis resolution, but also for the enactment and expression of cultural values and sectarian identity; the tension between doctrinal Islam and local interpretations, modern/traditional divides; Sunni militarism, symbolic and structural violence. Moreover, Gilgiti Sunni women’s reproductive and maternal health narratives demonstrated subjectivity, inter-subjectivity and reflexivity, resistance and negotiation, and gendered and reproductive agency. Within this context, any one pregnancy could evidence and communicate multiple domains of experience, as well as patient-provider interaction, access to care, its quality and relation to socio-economic factors, ideological stance or community-bound interpersonal relations. Ultimately, by using pregnancy and childbirth as a central point of inquiry, my thesis examines different aspects of Gilgiti Sunni women’s health experiences: biomedical and traditional; urban and rural childbirth and post-partum practices; Family Planning, fertility and infertility, unwanted pregnancies and abortions; conflict-related constraints, medical malpractice and cosmological harm.
PhD
Advisors/Committee Members: Lambek, Dr Michael J., Anthropology.
Subjects/Keywords: Islam; women; reproductive health; pregnancy; childbirth; health practices; medical pluralism; biomedicine; Islamic medicine; sectarian conflict; non-governmental organization; federal health services; maternal morbidity and mortality (MMR); son preference; abortion; Family Planning; unwanted pregnancy; ultrasound; religious conservatism; Shia Islam; Sunni Islam; Ismaili Islam; ethnography; violence; occult forces; 'black magic'; infertility; polygyny; medical anthropology; qualitative; risk; 0339
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Varley, E. E. A. (2012). Belaboured Lives: An Ethnography of Muslim Women's Pregnancy and Childbirth Practices in Pakistan's Northern Areas. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Toronto. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1807/43374
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Varley, Emma E A. “Belaboured Lives: An Ethnography of Muslim Women's Pregnancy and Childbirth Practices in Pakistan's Northern Areas.” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Toronto. Accessed January 23, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1807/43374.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Varley, Emma E A. “Belaboured Lives: An Ethnography of Muslim Women's Pregnancy and Childbirth Practices in Pakistan's Northern Areas.” 2012. Web. 23 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Varley EEA. Belaboured Lives: An Ethnography of Muslim Women's Pregnancy and Childbirth Practices in Pakistan's Northern Areas. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Toronto; 2012. [cited 2021 Jan 23].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/43374.
Council of Science Editors:
Varley EEA. Belaboured Lives: An Ethnography of Muslim Women's Pregnancy and Childbirth Practices in Pakistan's Northern Areas. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Toronto; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/43374
Université de Montréal
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Bergeron-Dufour, Marie-Elaine.
Préférence pour les garçons et sélection sexuelle prénatale : une réalité contemporaine multiple pour les femmes du Nord-Ouest de l’Inde.
Degree: 2016, Université de Montréal
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1866/13560
Subjects/Keywords: Préférence pour les garçons; Inde; Sélection sexuelle; Genre; Technologies de la santé reproductive; Avortement sexo-sélectif; Son preference; India; Sex selection; Gender; Women; Reproductive technologies; Sex-selective abortion; Anthropology - Cultural / Anthropologie - Culturelle (UMI : 0326)
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Bergeron-Dufour, M. (2016). Préférence pour les garçons et sélection sexuelle prénatale : une réalité contemporaine multiple pour les femmes du Nord-Ouest de l’Inde. (Thesis). Université de Montréal. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1866/13560
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Bergeron-Dufour, Marie-Elaine. “Préférence pour les garçons et sélection sexuelle prénatale : une réalité contemporaine multiple pour les femmes du Nord-Ouest de l’Inde.” 2016. Thesis, Université de Montréal. Accessed January 23, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1866/13560.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Bergeron-Dufour, Marie-Elaine. “Préférence pour les garçons et sélection sexuelle prénatale : une réalité contemporaine multiple pour les femmes du Nord-Ouest de l’Inde.” 2016. Web. 23 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Bergeron-Dufour M. Préférence pour les garçons et sélection sexuelle prénatale : une réalité contemporaine multiple pour les femmes du Nord-Ouest de l’Inde. [Internet] [Thesis]. Université de Montréal; 2016. [cited 2021 Jan 23].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1866/13560.
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Council of Science Editors:
Bergeron-Dufour M. Préférence pour les garçons et sélection sexuelle prénatale : une réalité contemporaine multiple pour les femmes du Nord-Ouest de l’Inde. [Thesis]. Université de Montréal; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1866/13560
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
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Ali, Tamara Nadr.
Könsdiskriminering i Indien i konsekvens av son preferenser : En jämförande fallstudie om könsdiskriminering i Kerala respektive Uttar Pradesh.
Degree: Political Science, 2019, Linnaeus University
URL: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-88888
► This thesis aims to study and compare gender discrimination in terms of son preferences in Kerala and Uttar Pradesh in India. It also aims…
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▼ This thesis aims to study and compare gender discrimination in terms of son preferences in Kerala and Uttar Pradesh in India. It also aims to explain how son preferences appears in these states. This study uses Judith Butler’s (2007) and Yvonne Hirdman’s (2001) gender theories to explain the gender discrimination in the different states. Research shows that the son preference in India is strongly permeated in many parts of the country. This is mainly due to the deep-rooted patriarchal system that exists in India. The results show that this is particularly prominent in Uttar Pradesh than in Kerala. Previous research and the existing theories show that the strong son preferences that exists in the Indian society results in many women and young girls being discriminated. Through the gender perspective, this can be explained by the social constructions that are created in society. There are social and cultural norms and an unchanging cultural law that has been passed on for generations, where the roles of men and women in society are constructed and implemented. The social press on women, from both society and families to give birth to sons, leads to many devastating consequences and adversities for both women and young girls.
Subjects/Keywords: Gender discrimination; son preference; gender; gender perspective; India; Kerala; Uttar Pradesh; Könsdiskriminering; sonpreferenser; genus; genusperspektivet; Indien; Kerala; Uttar Pradesh; Political Science; Statsvetenskap
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APA (6th Edition):
Ali, T. N. (2019). Könsdiskriminering i Indien i konsekvens av son preferenser : En jämförande fallstudie om könsdiskriminering i Kerala respektive Uttar Pradesh. (Thesis). Linnaeus University. Retrieved from http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-88888
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Ali, Tamara Nadr. “Könsdiskriminering i Indien i konsekvens av son preferenser : En jämförande fallstudie om könsdiskriminering i Kerala respektive Uttar Pradesh.” 2019. Thesis, Linnaeus University. Accessed January 23, 2021.
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-88888.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Ali, Tamara Nadr. “Könsdiskriminering i Indien i konsekvens av son preferenser : En jämförande fallstudie om könsdiskriminering i Kerala respektive Uttar Pradesh.” 2019. Web. 23 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Ali TN. Könsdiskriminering i Indien i konsekvens av son preferenser : En jämförande fallstudie om könsdiskriminering i Kerala respektive Uttar Pradesh. [Internet] [Thesis]. Linnaeus University; 2019. [cited 2021 Jan 23].
Available from: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-88888.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Ali TN. Könsdiskriminering i Indien i konsekvens av son preferenser : En jämförande fallstudie om könsdiskriminering i Kerala respektive Uttar Pradesh. [Thesis]. Linnaeus University; 2019. Available from: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-88888
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
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