Doctoral Dissertation Research: Son Preference and Sex Selection in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan

博士论文研究：后苏联阿塞拜疆的儿子偏好和性别选择

• 批准号: 1519151
• 负责人: Philip Gorski
• 金额: $ 0.9万
• 依托单位: Yale University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-08-01 至 2017-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1519151&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Son; Preference

Imbalanced sex ratios at birth are a long-standing social problem. An excess of male births not only signals a deep devaluation of women, but it can distort population dynamics for subsequent generations. Prenatal selection of boys requires modern medical technologies such as ultrasound. Still, sex ratios at birth have become skewed in parts of the developing world with no documented history of postnatal discrimination against girls. Why? The purpose of this research is to document how expecting parents viewed the potential benefits and disadvantages of raising sons and daughters, how couples first learned about the availability of sex selection technologies, and how they navigated family planning decisions. The findings of this case study will help us understand the various mechanisms through which prenatal sex selection gains traction. Findings will be disseminated among academics and stakeholders who are invested in generating policies that address imbalanced sex ratios at birth.This study will use qualitative methods to learn about parents? Sex preferences for children and attitudes toward sex selection. Spouses will be interviewed separately and together as a couple. As demographers project that the diffusion of ultrasound technology will facilitate sex selective practices across the developing world, this study will highlight the moral terrain that individuals navigate before they accept prenatal sex selection as a viable family planning option.

出生人口性别比失衡是一个长期存在的社会问题。男性出生过多不仅标志着女性的严重贬值，而且可能扭曲后代的人口动态。男孩的产前选择需要超声波等现代医疗技术。尽管如此，在一些发展中国家，出生性别比仍然存在偏差，因为没有记录表明存在针对女孩的产后歧视历史。为什么？ 这项研究的目的是记录准父母如何看待抚养儿子和女儿的潜在好处和坏处，夫妇如何首先了解性别选择技术的可用性，以及他们如何做出计划生育决定。本案例研究的结果将帮助我们了解产前性别选择获得关注的各种机制。研究结果将在学者和利益相关者中传播，他们致力于制定解决出生性别比失衡问题的政策。这项研究将使用定性方法来了解父母？儿童的性别偏好和对性别选择的态度。配偶将分别接受面试，并作为夫妻一起接受面试。由于人口统计学家预测超声波技术的普及将促进发展中国家的性别选择实践，这项研究将强调个人在接受产前性别选择作为可行的计划生育选择之前所经历的道德领域。