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Women's status and fertility in developing countries : son preference and economic security /

Cain, Mead.

Women's status and fertility in developing countries : son preference and economic security / Mead Cain. - Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 1984. - 68 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. - World Bank staff working papers ; no. 682. . - World Bank staff working paper. Population and development series ; no. 7 .


Abstracts in English, French, and Spanish.

0821304461 (pbk.)


Family size--Developing countries.
Sex of children, Parental preferences for--Developing countries.
Women--Developing countries--Economic conditions.
Fertility, Human--Developing countries.