ARE THERE SEX PREFERENCES IN BRAZIL?

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Autor(a) principal: Coutinho,Raquel Zanatta
Data de Publicação: 2019
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Ciências Sociais
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Resumo: Society ascribes roles and expectations for people based on their sex. When the costs and benefits of each sex are different, people may have different motivations for having sons or daughters because children of different sexes are not substitutable. Sex preferences may then increase fertility, as women and couples who pursue a certain sex composition may progress to additional births. To understand how the social structure has been shaping sex preferences and fertility ideals, it is important to identify the characteristics of women with different preferences. Using responses to questions about an ideal number of children and their sex composition available in the Brazilian Demographic Health Survey of 1996 and 2006, this paper provides evidence that a balanced sex preference exists among most Brazilians; some evidence of a secondary daughter preference is also found. Evidence also shows that “gender indifference” has become more pronounced as fertility declines.
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title ARE THERE SEX PREFERENCES IN BRAZIL?
spellingShingle ARE THERE SEX PREFERENCES IN BRAZIL?
Coutinho,Raquel Zanatta
Sex preference
Fertility ideal
Sex composition
Sex selection
title_short ARE THERE SEX PREFERENCES IN BRAZIL?
title_full ARE THERE SEX PREFERENCES IN BRAZIL?
title_fullStr ARE THERE SEX PREFERENCES IN BRAZIL?
title_full_unstemmed ARE THERE SEX PREFERENCES IN BRAZIL?
title_sort ARE THERE SEX PREFERENCES IN BRAZIL?
author Coutinho,Raquel Zanatta
author_facet Coutinho,Raquel Zanatta
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Coutinho,Raquel Zanatta
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Sex preference
Fertility ideal
Sex composition
Sex selection
topic Sex preference
Fertility ideal
Sex composition
Sex selection
description Society ascribes roles and expectations for people based on their sex. When the costs and benefits of each sex are different, people may have different motivations for having sons or daughters because children of different sexes are not substitutable. Sex preferences may then increase fertility, as women and couples who pursue a certain sex composition may progress to additional births. To understand how the social structure has been shaping sex preferences and fertility ideals, it is important to identify the characteristics of women with different preferences. Using responses to questions about an ideal number of children and their sex composition available in the Brazilian Demographic Health Survey of 1996 and 2006, this paper provides evidence that a balanced sex preference exists among most Brazilians; some evidence of a secondary daughter preference is also found. Evidence also shows that “gender indifference” has become more pronounced as fertility declines.
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