Sex-Selective Abortions, Fertility, and Birth Spacing

Sex-Selective Abortions, Fertility, and Birth Spacing

Previous research on sex-selective abortions has ignored the interactions between fertility, birth spacing, and sex selection, despite both fertility and birth spacing being important considerations for parents when deciding on the use of sex selec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Portner, Claus C.
Format: Publications & Research
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:
ABORTION
ABORTIONS AMONG WOMEN
AGE OF MARRIAGE
AGE OF MENARCHE
AMNIOCENTESIS
BIRTH SPACING
CHILD HEALTH
CHILDBEARING
CONCEPTION
CONFERENCE ON POPULATION
CONTRACEPTION
CRIME
CRIMINAL
DECLINE IN FERTILITY
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
EARLY DEATH
ECONOMIC DEMOGRAPHY
EDUCATED WOMEN
EXCESS MORTALITY
FAMILIES
FAMILY HEALTH
FAMILY SIZE
FATHER
FECUNDITY
FEMALE
FEMALES
FERTILITY
FERTILITY INCREASE
FERTILITY INCREASES
FERTILITY PREFERENCES
FERTILITY RATE
FETUSES
FEWER BIRTHS
FEWER CHILDREN
FEWER WOMEN
FIRST BIRTH
FIRST BIRTHS
FIRST CHILD
GENDER
GENDER BALANCE
HEALTH STATUS
HIGHLY EDUCATED WOMEN
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUSBAND
HUSBANDS
INEQUALITY
INFERTILITY
LABOR MARKET
LARGE NUMBER OF WOMEN
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LIFETIME FERTILITY
LOWER FERTILITY
MALES
MARRIED WOMAN
MARRIED WOMEN
MENSTRUAL CYCLES
MOBILE CLINICS
MORTALITY RISK
MOTHER
MULTIPLE BIRTH
NATIONAL FAMILY HEALTH SURVEY
NUMBER OF ABORTIONS
NUMBER OF BIRTHS
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
NUMBER OF GIRLS
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS
NUMBER OF WOMEN
OFFENSE
OVULATION
OWNERSHIP OF LAND
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
PREFERENCE FOR SONS
PREGNANCIES
PREGNANCY
PRENATAL DIAGNOSTIC
PRIVATE CLINICS
PROGRESS
RATIO OF BOYS TO GIRLS
REPLACEMENT LEVEL
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
RESIDENCE
RURAL AREAS
RURAL WOMEN
SECOND BIRTH
SECOND BIRTHS
SEX
SEX OF THE FETUS
SEX RATIO
SEX RATIOS
SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTION
SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTIONS
SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
SON PREFERENCE
SPONTANEOUS ABORTION
STATUS OF WOMEN
STERILIZATION
UNWANTED CHILDREN
UNWANTED SEX
URBAN AREAS
URBAN WOMEN
URBANIZATION
WIFE
WILL
WOMAN
YOUNG AGE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/02/23975715/sex-selective-abortions-fertility-birth-spacing
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21451

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/02/23975715/sex-selective-abortions-fertility-birth-spacing
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21451

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