Gender preferences for children and their implications for fertility decisions

Autor	Mgr. Marie Přidalová
Organisation	Fakulta sociálních studií, Masarykova Univerzita
Year	2007
Research type	study
Annotation	Gender preferences for children and their implications for fertility decisions in the Czech Republic are investigated in this article. We analyse the third and the fourth births in order in relation to sex of previously born children and attitudes of (potential) parents to an importance of having a son or a daughter. Even though we observe a slight indication of preference to have both a son and a daughter, we find the Czech society gender indifferent as for the sex composition of children in family.
Keywords	gender preferences of children; fertility behavior, děti
Research type	qualitative , quantitative
Start date	1. 1. 2005
End date	31. 12. 2007
Obor	AO Sociology, demography
Note	Přidalová, Marie. Preference pohlaví dítěte a její možný vliv na reprodukční chování. Demografie, Praha : Český statistický úřad, 50, 1/2008, od s. 57-63, 7 s. ISSN 0011-8265. 2008.
Email	pridam@centrum.cz
Availability	available by the researcher
Research location	Fakulta sociálních studií, Masarykova Univerzita, Joštova 10, Brno 60200
Organisation	Fakulta sociálních studií, Masarykova Univerzita
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