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YEAR: 1991

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Preference for male children and contraceptive use in Taiwan.

AUTHORS

Wang R; Lethbridge DJ

SOURCE

HEALTH CARE FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL. 1991 Apr-Jun;12(2):271-80.

ABSTRACT

Taiwan has an active family planning program. Yet, son preference is deeply ingrained in the Chinese culture and

may discourage women from limiting their family size if they feel they have too few sons. In this study, research

problems concerned the relationships between women's stated preferences for the sex of their children, their

perceptions of their in-laws' preferences for the number and sex of their children, and their use of birth control and

choice of birth control methods. It was found that few women verbalized a sex preference for their children, but the

number of boys already in the family was related to the reliability of contraceptive method later used and to the

willingness to consider abortion if pregnancy occurred. The desired number and occurrence of additional children

related to women's perceptions of their in-laws' preferences for boys. The perception of their preferences for girls

either related negatively or was not significant. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT3T 2014-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Preference for male children and contraceptive use in

Taiwan.", is(are) Wang R; Lethbridge DJ. The source of this article is "HEALTH CARE FOR WOMEN

INTERNATIONAL. 1991 Apr-Jun;12(2):271-80.". This article was published in 1991 in English language(s).

(PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT3T 2014-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 12014

This article is peer-reviewed.

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