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Sex-Selective Abortions, Fertility, and Birth Spacing

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dc.contributor.authorPortner, Claus C.
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-13T19:18:51Z
dc.date.available2015-02-13T19:18:51Z
dc.date.issued2015-02
dc.description.abstractPrevious research on sex-selective abortions has ignored the interactions between fertility, birth spacing, and sex selection, despite both fertility and birth spacing being important considerations for parents when deciding on the use of sex selection. This paper presents a novel approach that jointly estimates the determinants of sex-selective abortions, fertility, and birth spacing, using data on Hindu women from India's National Family and Health Surveys. Women with eight or more years of education in urban and rural areas are the main users of sex-selective abortions and they also have the lowest fertility. Predicted lifetime fertility for these women declined 11 percent between the 1985-1994 and 1995-2006 periods, which correspond to the periods of time before and after sex selection became illegal. Fertility is now around replacement level. This decrease in fertility has been accompanied by a 6 percent increase in the predicted number of abortions during the childbearing years between the two periods, and sex selection is increasingly used for earlier parities. Hence, the legal steps taken to combat sex selection have been unable to reverse its use. Women with fewer than eight years of education have substantially higher fertility and do not appear to use sex selection.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/02/23975715/sex-selective-abortions-fertility-birth-spacing
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-7189
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/21451
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank Group, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 7189
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectABORTION
dc.subjectABORTIONS AMONG WOMEN
dc.subjectAGE OF MARRIAGE
dc.subjectAGE OF MENARCHE
dc.subjectAMNIOCENTESIS
dc.subjectBIRTH SPACING
dc.subjectCHILD HEALTH
dc.subjectCHILDBEARING
dc.subjectCONCEPTION
dc.subjectCONFERENCE ON POPULATION
dc.subjectCONTRACEPTION
dc.subjectCRIME
dc.subjectCRIMINAL
dc.subjectDECLINE IN FERTILITY
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subjectEARLY DEATH
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEMOGRAPHY
dc.subjectEDUCATED WOMEN
dc.subjectEXCESS MORTALITY
dc.subjectFAMILIES
dc.subjectFAMILY HEALTH
dc.subjectFAMILY SIZE
dc.subjectFATHER
dc.subjectFECUNDITY
dc.subjectFEMALE
dc.subjectFEMALES
dc.subjectFERTILITY
dc.subjectFERTILITY INCREASE
dc.subjectFERTILITY INCREASES
dc.subjectFERTILITY PREFERENCES
dc.subjectFERTILITY RATE
dc.subjectFETUSES
dc.subjectFEWER BIRTHS
dc.subjectFEWER CHILDREN
dc.subjectFEWER WOMEN
dc.subjectFIRST BIRTH
dc.subjectFIRST BIRTHS
dc.subjectFIRST CHILD
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectGENDER BALANCE
dc.subjectHEALTH STATUS
dc.subjectHIGHLY EDUCATED WOMEN
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectHUSBAND
dc.subjectHUSBANDS
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectINFERTILITY
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLARGE NUMBER OF WOMEN
dc.subjectLEVELS OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectLIFETIME FERTILITY
dc.subjectLOWER FERTILITY
dc.subjectMALES
dc.subjectMARRIED WOMAN
dc.subjectMARRIED WOMEN
dc.subjectMENSTRUAL CYCLES
dc.subjectMOBILE CLINICS
dc.subjectMORTALITY RISK
dc.subjectMOTHER
dc.subjectMULTIPLE BIRTH
dc.subjectNATIONAL FAMILY HEALTH SURVEY
dc.subjectNUMBER OF ABORTIONS
dc.subjectNUMBER OF BIRTHS
dc.subjectNUMBER OF CHILDREN
dc.subjectNUMBER OF GIRLS
dc.subjectNUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectNUMBER OF WOMEN
dc.subjectOFFENSE
dc.subjectOVULATION
dc.subjectOWNERSHIP OF LAND
dc.subjectPOLICY DISCUSSIONS
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subjectPREFERENCE FOR SONS
dc.subjectPREGNANCIES
dc.subjectPREGNANCY
dc.subjectPRENATAL DIAGNOSTIC
dc.subjectPRIVATE CLINICS
dc.subjectPROGRESS
dc.subjectRATIO OF BOYS TO GIRLS
dc.subjectREPLACEMENT LEVEL
dc.subjectREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
dc.subjectRESIDENCE
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL WOMEN
dc.subjectSECOND BIRTH
dc.subjectSECOND BIRTHS
dc.subjectSEX
dc.subjectSEX OF THE FETUS
dc.subjectSEX RATIO
dc.subjectSEX RATIOS
dc.subjectSEX-SELECTIVE ABORTION
dc.subjectSEX-SELECTIVE ABORTIONS
dc.subjectSOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
dc.subjectSON PREFERENCE
dc.subjectSPONTANEOUS ABORTION
dc.subjectSTATUS OF WOMEN
dc.subjectSTERILIZATION
dc.subjectUNWANTED CHILDREN
dc.subjectUNWANTED SEX
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectURBAN WOMEN
dc.subjectURBANIZATION
dc.subjectWIFE
dc.subjectWILL
dc.subjectWOMAN
dc.subjectYOUNG AGE
dc.titleSex-Selective Abortions, Fertility, and Birth Spacingen
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okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaGender
okr.crossref.titleSex-Selective Abortions, Fertility, and Birth Spacing
okr.date.disclosure2015-02-03
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T09:14:44.807700Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/02/23975715/sex-selective-abortions-fertility-birth-spacing
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
okr.guid840531468034520972
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-7189
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000158349_20150209084707
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum23975715
okr.identifier.reportWPS7189
okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2015/02/09/000158349_20150209084707/Rendered/PDF/WPS7189.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryIndia
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Adolescent Health
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Population Policies
okr.topicGender::Gender and Law
okr.topicGender::Gender and Health
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Reproductive Health
okr.unitPoverty and Inequality Team, Development Research Group
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