La masculinisation des naissances est un phénomène récent lié à la sélection prénatale en
fonction du sexe. Cet article fait le point sur l'état de la recherche récente à propos des …

Throughout history, people have experienced problems procreating, and have suffered
because of it. However, people's options for treating infertility were rather limited before the …

Sex‐based discrimination has resulted in severe demographic imbalances between males
and females, culminating in a large number of “missing women” in several countries around …

This study analyzes the unique datasets of the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity
Survey using logistic regression and controlling for various covariates. Our analyses clearly …

The topic of “missing girls” in historical Europe has not only been mostly neglected, but
previous research addressing this issue usually took the available information too lightly …

Couples in Turkey exhibit son preference through son-biased differential stopping behavior
that does not cause a sex ratio imbalance in the population. Demand for sons leads to lower …

Several cultures in the world traditionally favor the birth of sons over that of daughters. This
preference drives various forms of discrimination against female births ultimately reflected in …

In parts of Asia, the South Caucasus, and the Balkans, son preference is strong enough to
trigger significant levels of sex selection, resulting in the excess mortality of girls and …

Parental sex preferences have been documented in many native populations, but much less
evidence is available on immigrants' preferences for the sexes of their children. Using high …

Discrimination towards females–a trait of regional demography so far deemed unique to
Asian countries–has inspired historians to revisit demographic series to look for instances of …