title: Does the gender of the child affect acceptance of the one-child certificate? The case of Shaanxi province, China.
abstract: The author investigates the impact of gender on both acceptance of the one-child certificate and contraceptive use in Shaanxi province, China. "We found a weak association...in both the cross-classification and multiple classification analyses of the 1988 Two-per-Thousand Survey data.  However,...[son preference] remains a clear tendency in rural areas, but the low proportion of the one-child certificate acceptors reflects the existence of stronger preferences for larger family size and specific sex composition.... By contrast, the high percentage of urban acceptors of the one-child certificate, regardless of the gender of the child, implies that son preference has decreased in urban areas of Shaanxi Province."
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: You
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001519:Behavior; D002681:China; D003267:Contraception; D003268:Contraception Behavior; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D005191:Family Characteristics; D016656:Family Planning Policy; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D005843:Geography; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011584:Psychology; D011640:Public Policy; D012424:Rural Population; D012723:Sex; D012737:Sex Factors; D012945:Social Values; D014505:Urban Population
keywords: Antinatalist Policy; Asia; Behavior; China; Contraception; Contraceptive Usage; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Eastern Asia; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Planning; Family Size; Family Size, Desired; Geographic Factors; One Child Policy; Policy; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Policy; Psychological Factors; Rural Population; Sex Factors; Sex Preference; Social Policy; Urban Population; Value Orientation