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Son preference and the demand for additional children in pakistan

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  • M. Khan & Ismail Sirageldin, 1977. "Son preference and the demand for additional children in pakistan," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 14(4), pages 481-495, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:demogr:v:14:y:1977:i:4:p:481-495
    DOI: 10.2307/2060591
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    1. Durr-E-Nayab, 1999. "Fertility Preferences and Behaviour: A Case Study of Two Villages in the Punjab, Pakistan," PIDE-Working Papers 1999:173, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics.
    2. Mohammed Sabihuddin Butt & Haroon Jamal, 1993. "Determinants of Marital Fertility in Pakistan: An Application of the "Synthesis Framework"," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 32(2), pages 199-220.
    3. Hina Nazli & Shahnaz Hamid, 1999. "Concerns of Food Security, Role of Gender and Intra-household Dynamics in Pakistan," PIDE Research Report 1999:3, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics.
    4. Rashid Javed & Mazhar Mughal, 2022. "Changing patterns of son preference and fertility in Pakistan," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 34(6), pages 1086-1109, August.
    5. George Simmons & Celeste Smucker & Stan Bernstein & Eric Jensen, 1982. "Post-neonatal mortality in Rural India: Implications of an economic model," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 19(3), pages 371-389, August.
    6. Lawrence H. Summers, 1992. "Investing in All the People," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 31(4), pages 367-404.
    7. Naushin Mahmood & Karin Ringheim, 1996. "Factors Affecting Contraceptive Use in Pakistan," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 35(1), pages 1-22.
    8. Asadullah, M. Niaz & Mansoor, Nazia & Randazzo, Teresa & Wahhaj, Zaki, 2021. "Is son preference disappearing from Bangladesh?," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 140(C).
    9. Fred Arnold, 1985. "Measuring the effect of sex preference on fertility: The case of Korea," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 22(2), pages 280-288, May.
    10. Javed, Rashid & Mughal, Mazhar, 2020. "Preference for boys and length of birth intervals in Pakistan," Research in Economics, Elsevier, vol. 74(2), pages 140-152.
    11. Chao, Fengqing & Wazir, Muhammad Asif & Ombao, Hernando, 2021. "Levels and trends in sex ratio at birth in provinces of Pakistan from 1980 to 2020 with scenario-based missing female birth projections to 2050: a Bayesian modeling approach," SocArXiv 5n3y8, Center for Open Science.
    12. M. ALl KHAN & I. SIRAGELDIN, 1983. "How Meaningful are Statements about the Desired Number of Additional Children? An Analysis of 1968 Pakistani Data," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 22(1), pages 1-22.
    13. Awaworyi Churchill, Sefa & Iqbal, Nasir & Nawaz, Saima & Yew, Siew Ling, 2021. "Unconditional cash transfers, child labour and education: theory and evidence," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 186(C), pages 437-457.
    14. James McCarthy & Gbolahan Oni, 1987. "Desired family size and its determinants among urban Nigerian women: A two-stage analysis," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 24(2), pages 279-290, May.
    15. Nahid Tavassoli, 2021. "The Gender-Biased Fertility Behavior: Evidence from Southeast Asian Countries," Economic Alternatives, University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria, issue 2, pages 235-261, July.
    16. Mizanur Rahman & Julie DaVanzo, 1993. "Gender preference and birth spacing in matlab, Bangladesh," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 30(3), pages 315-332, August.
    17. ABDUL RAZZAQUE RUKANUDDlN, 1982. "Infant-Child Mortality and Son Preference as Factors Influencing Fertility in Pakistan," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 21(4), pages 297-328.
    18. M. ALl KHAN & ISMAIL SIRAGELDlN, 1981. "Intrafamily Interaction and Desired Additional Fertility in Pakistan.A Simultaneous-Equation Model with Dichotomous Dependent Variables," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 20(1), pages 37-60.

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