Population Research ›› 2018, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (2): 15-28.

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Intergenerational Effects of Gender Preference:Observations through Desire and Behaviour of Parents

Song Jian1,Qin Tingting2 and Song Haoming3   

  1. Song Jian is ProfessorCenter for Population and Development StudiesRenmin Universityof ChinaQin Tingting is Graduate StudentSchool of Sociology and Population StudiesRenmin University of ChinaSong Haoming is PhD CandidateDepartment of SociologyPopulation Studies and Training
    CenterBrown University.
  • Online:2018-03-29 Published:2018-05-18
  • About author:Song Jian is Professor,Center for Population and Development Studies,Renmin University of China;Qin Tingting is Graduate Student,School of Sociology and Population Studies,Renmin University of China;Song Haoming is PhD Candidate,Department of Sociology,Population Studies and Training Center,Brown University.Email:songjian@ ruc.edu.cn.

性别偏好的代际影响基于意愿和行为两种路径的观察

宋 健1,秦婷婷2,宋浩铭3   

  1. 宋健中国人民大学人口与发展研究中心教授秦婷婷中国人民大学社会与人口学院硕士研究生宋浩铭美国布朗大学社会学系人口研究与培训中心博士研究生
  • 作者简介:宋健,中国人民大学人口与发展研究中心教授;秦婷婷,中国人民大学社会与人口学院硕士研究生,北京:100872;宋浩铭,美国布朗大学社会学系、人口研究与培训中心博士研究生。
  • 基金资助:
    基金项目国家社会科学基金项目出生性别比失衡的生育选择机制研究”(15BRK010)。

Abstract: Using 2016 national sampling survey datathis paper analyzes the intergenerational effects of gender preference on the first married women in urban China. The influence is observed through either parents’ gender preference for grandchildren or parents’fertility behavior represented as the siblings'gender structure of the women.Results show that women’s parens have positive effects on their gender preference regardless of the number of the desired childrenwhile the effects of their parents?in?law are significant only for their first child.The sibling’s gender structure of the women also has significant positive effect on their gender preference. In additioncompared with the only childwomen who grew with both brothers and sisters have stronger male preference.The findings imply that although the majority of urban women have no gender preference for the first child and have both son and daughter preference when desire to have two childrenthere are exceptions who still prefer boys.Their parents' desire and behavior play important roles on their son preference.This paper also finds that the gender structure of women's existing children and the provinces where they live significantly affect women's gender preference.

Keywords: Gender Preference, Intergenerational Effects, Desired Fertility, Fertility Behavior, Gender Structure of Siblings

摘要: 文章利用 2016 年全国调查数据通过观察意愿意愿以及行为意愿两种路径实证分析了中国城市初婚女性性别偏好的代际影响研究发现父母对城市初婚女性性别偏好的代际影响存在同向关系且与女性意愿孩子数量无关公婆的代际影响只作用于一孩兄弟姊妹性别结构对城市初婚
女性的性别偏好具有显著的同向影响另外儿女双全原生家庭成长起来的女性相比较独生女更可能具有男孩偏好研究结果揭示了在以一孩无偏好二孩双偏好为主流意愿的城市女性中仍存在着男孩偏好的空间原生家庭父母性别偏好及行为具有显著影响研究还发现现有子女性别结构以及根据出生性
别比指标30 多年来的变化态势分类以及现居住地省份对女性性别偏好的重要影响

关键词: 性别偏好, 代际影响, 意愿, 行为, 兄弟姊妹性别结构