Son Preference

Son preference reflects the economic valuation of women, based on information on the number of “Missing Women” in a country. Missing women, a concept suggest by economist  Amartya Sen , measures gender bias in mortality due to sex selective abortions or insufficient health care to baby girls.

See also

• Son preference in China
• Missing Women
• Gendercide in China

External Links

• www.oecd.org/dev/gender/sigi