Sex-Composition of Living Children and Women's Fertility Desire in Vietnam.

Journal of Family and Reproductive Health Pub Date : 2020-12-01 DOI:10.18502/jfrh.v14i4.5204

Nguyen Thi Hai Yen, Pataporn Sukontamarn, Truc Ngoc Hoang Dang

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Objective: To investigate the relationship between sex-composition of children and women's fertility desire in Vietnam. Materials and methods: Using data from the 2014 Vietnam Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS), we investigate the association between sex composition of children and desire for additional children among women in reproductive age (15 to 49 years) across Vietnam (N=5,605). Results: Multivariate logistic regression models showed statistically significant association between sex composition of children and women's fertility desire, after controlling for social norms of fertility preference, demographic and socioeconomic factors. For each group of women (those with one child, two children, and three or more children) women with no sons are more likely to have higher fertility desire compared to women with at least one son. However, women with both son (s) and daughter (s) tend to have lower fertility desire compared to those who have all sons. Conclusion: Vietnam's traditional cultural norm of son preference has a strong influence on fertility desire. Besides, mix-gender preference is also documented. The government should enforce the law more strictly regarding the prohibition of ultrasounds to detect fetal sex to reduce the feasibility of sex selection abortion. In addition, the government should improve the social ideology of the role of women in the family and society through mass media.

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越南活产儿性别构成与妇女生育意愿。

目的:探讨越南儿童性别构成与妇女生育意愿的关系。材料和方法:使用2014年越南多指标类集调查(MICS)的数据，我们调查了越南各地(N= 5605)育龄妇女(15至49岁)儿童性别构成与生育意愿之间的关系。结果:多因素logistic回归模型显示，在控制了生育偏好的社会规范、人口统计学和社会经济因素后，儿童性别构成与妇女生育意愿存在显著的相关性。对于每一组女性(有一个孩子、两个孩子和三个或更多孩子的女性)来说，没有儿子的女性比至少有一个儿子的女性更有可能有更高的生育欲望。然而，与所有儿子的女性相比，既生儿子又生女儿的女性往往生育意愿较低。结论:越南重男轻女的传统文化规范对生育意愿有很强的影响。此外，混合性别偏好也被记录在案。政府应该严格执行禁止超声波检测胎儿性别的法律，以减少性别选择堕胎的可能性。此外，政府应该通过大众媒体改善妇女在家庭和社会中的作用的社会意识形态。

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Family & Reproductive Health (JFRH) is the quarterly official journal of Vali–e–Asr Reproductive Health Research Center. This journal features fulllength, peerreviewed papers reporting original research, clinical case histories, review articles, as well as opinions and debates on topical issues. Papers published cover the scientific and medical aspects of reproductive physiology and pathology including genetics, endocrinology, andrology, embryology, gynecologic urology, fetomaternal medicine, oncology, infectious disease, public health, nutrition, surgery, menopause, family planning, infertility, psychiatry–psychology, demographic modeling, perinatalogy–neonatolgy ethics and social issues, and pharmacotherapy. A high scientific and editorial standard is maintained throughout the journal along with a regular rate of publication. All published articles will become the property of the JFRH. The editor and publisher accept no responsibility for the statements expressed by the authors here in. Also they do not guarantee, warrant or endorse any product or service advertised in the journal.