Agnes Quisumbing, John A. Maluccio
Abstract We test the unitary versus collective model of the household using specially designed data from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and South Africa. Human capital and individual assets at the time of marriage are used as proxy measures for bargaining power. In all four countries, we reject th...
Kaivan Munshi, Jacques Myaux
Lisa M. Bates, Sidney Ruth Schuler, Farzana Islam, N Islam
CONTEXT: Although the pervasiveness of domestic violence against women in Bangladesh is well documented, specific risk factors, particularly those that can be affected by policies and programs, are not well understood. METHODS: In 2001-2002, surveys, in-depth interviews and small group discussions w...
John Bongaarts
An examination of fertility trends in countries with multiple DHS surveys found that in the 1990s fertility stalled in midtransition in seven countries: Bangladesh, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ghana, Kenya, Peru, and Turkey. In each of these countries fertility was high (more than six births per w...
Raya Muttarak, Anthony Heath
This paper investigates trends, patterns and determinants of intermarriage (and partnership) comparing patterns among men and women and among different ethnic groups in Britain. We distinguish between endogamous (co-ethnic), majority/minority and minority/minority marriages. Hypotheses are derived f...
Sylvie Dubuc, David Coleman
Male preference in many Asian cultures results in discriminatory practices against females, including neglect and infanticide. This preference, together with the availability of prenatal sex determination and sex‐selective abortion, has led to an increase in sex ratios at birth in China, India, and ...
John Rust, Susan Golombok, John Collier
In a study of 28 attenders of a sexual and marital clinic, the relationship between marital distress and both general and specific sexual dysfunctions was investigated. It was found that for men there was a much closer relationship between sexual and marital problems than for women. In particular, i...
David W. Shwalb
Dedication. J. Pleck, Foreword. D. W. Shwalb, B. J. Shwalb, M. E. Lamb, Preface. Part One Introduction D. W. Shwalb, B. J. Shwalb, M. E. Lamb, Introduction. Part Two Asia X,Li, M. E. Lamb, Fathers in Chinese Culture: From Stern Disciplinarians to Involved Parents. J. Nakazawa, D. W. Shwalb, Fatherin...
D. A. Coleman, Sylvie Dubuc
This paper presents estimates of the level and trend of the fertility of different ethnic minorities in the UK from the 1960s up to 2006. The fertility estimates are derived primarily from the Labour Force Survey using the Own-Child method, with additional information from the General Household Surv...
Prashant Bharadwaj, Leah K. Lakdawala
ABSTRACT. This paper investigates whether boys receive preferential prenatal treatment in a setting where son preference is present. Using micro health data from India, we highlight sex-selective prena-tal investments as a new channel via which parents can practice discriminatory behavior. We find t...
Kay Bradford, Brian K. Barber, Joseph A. Olsen, Suzanne L. Maughan et al.
This study assessed the associations between interparental conflict (IPC), parenting, and individual functioning among data gathered from school-going adolescents in Bangladesh, China, India, Bosnia, Germany, Palestine, Colombia, United States and three ethnic groups within South Africa. Specificall...
Anuja Jayaraman, Vinod Mishra, Fred Arnold
CONTEXT: Many countries in South Asia, including Nepal, India and Bangladesh, demonstrate a strong cultural preference for sons, which may influence fertility desires and contraceptive use. METHODS: Demographic and Health Survey data from married, nonpregnant women aged 15-49 who had at least one ch...
Attila Ambrus, Erica Field, Máximo Torero
We explain trends in dowry levels in Bangladesh by drawing attention to an institutional feature of marriage contracts previously ignored in the literature: mehr or traditional Islamic bride-price. We develop a model of marriage contracts in which mehr serves as a barrier to husbands exiting marriag...
Robert Repetto
The hypothesis that in some less developed countries in Africa and Asia the desire for a minimum number of sons directly affects fertility behavior was tested. 4 groups of existing data from well-conducted sample surveys in countries typified by strong son preference were used. 2 were selected from ...
Mridul Chowdhury, Radheshyam Bairagi
Researchers followed 22819 women from Matlab in rural Bangladesh with known sex composition of living children as of July 1982 for 3.5 years. They hypothesized that the effect of son preference on fertility is stronger in a population with adequate and available contraceptive service and relatively ...