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Intention versus behaviour in parental sex preferences among the Mukogodo of Kenya

Cronk, L.

Journal of Biosocial Science 23(2): 229-240

1991

ISSN/ISBN: 0021-9320
PMID: 2061350
DOI: 10.1017/s0021932000019246
Document Number: 315074
The relationship between parents' stated sex preferences for children and actual parental behaviour towards sons and daughters is examined among the Mukogodo, a group of traditional pastoralists in rural Kenya. Although their cultural values are male-centred and they tend to express a preference for sons, Mukogodo parents actually appear to be more solicitious of daughters, and the Mukogodo have a strongly female-biased childhood sex ratio. Studies of stated sex preferences should therefore be coupled with attempts to assess actual parental investment in sons and daughters.

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