Son preference and contraception in Egypt

Aly, H.Y.; Shields, M.P.; Aly, H.Y; Shields, M.P

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Son preference and contraception in Egypt

Aly, H.Y.; Shields, M.P.

Economic Development and Cultural Change 39(2): 353-370

1991

ISSN/ISBN: 0013-0079

DOI: 10.2307/1154086

Document Number: 314169

This paper investigates the impact of son preference on fertility in Egypt, examining how the proportion of male children in a household affects contraceptive practices. Contraception fits easily with the view that fertility is best viewed as a sequence of interdependent next-child decisions rather than a static lifetime choice made at the time of marriage. A number of points are emphasized: first, son preference may increase fertility in Egypt; secondly, women who marry young are less likely than other women to practise contraception later in life. Those who marry early are likely to have more children because they have more years in which to have children and because they are less likely to limit family size.

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Son preference and contraception in Egypt

Aly, H.Y.; Shields, M.P.

Economic Development and Cultural Change 39(2): 353-370

1991

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