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L Cronk1.
Abstract
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-centered and they tend to express a preference for sons, Mukogodo parents actually appear to be more solicitous 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.Entities:
Keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Age Factors; Behavior; Child; Child Care; Child Health; Child Rearing; Child Worth; Clinic Visits; Cultural Background; Daughters; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Eastern Africa; Economic Factors; English Speaking Africa; Ethnic Groups; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Relationships; Family Research; Health; Kenya; Microeconomic Factors; Mothers; Organization And Administration; Parents; Population; Population Characteristics; Program Activities; Programs; Psychological Factors; Service Statistics; Sex Distribution; Sex Factors; Sex Preference; Sex Ratio--determinants; Sons; Value Orientation; Youth
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Year: 1991 PMID： 2061350 DOI： 10.1017/s0021932000019246
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Biosoc Sci ISSN： 0021-9320