Determining the impact of sex preferences on fertility: a consideration of parity progression ratio, dominance, and stopping rule measures
McClelland, G.H.
Demography 16(3): 377-388
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0070-3370 PMID: 574464 DOI: 10.2307/2061219Document Number: 347598
The two methods commonly used to assess the effect of sex preferences on fertility are inadequate to the task. Parity progression ratio analyses suffer from logical problems stemming from the heterogeneity of sex preferences and the riskiness of fertility decisions. While conjoint measurement-dominance procedures overcome these logical problems, they cannot yield quantitative estimates of the impact of sex preferences on fertility. A stopping rule measure which overcomes these limitations is proposed and described and its potential for determining the effect of sex predetermination methods on population is discussed.