@article{fdi:010063129,
  title = {{G}ender saturation in the {S}outhern {C}aucasus : family composition and sex-selective abortion},
  author = {{G}arenne, {M}ichel and {H}ohmann, {S}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he study investigates the complex relationships between sex-selective abortion and family composition in two countries of the {S}outhern {C}aucasus : {A}rmenia and {A}zerbaijan. {D}ata were drawn from maternity histories recorded in {D}emographic and {H}ealth {S}urveys ({DHS}s). {I}n both countries, the relationship between the sex ratio of the next birth and the number of girls already born changed from negative to positive after 1992, when sex-selective abortion became prevalent. {I}n {A}zerbaijan, but not in {A}rmenia, a similar change was noticed for the relationship between the sex ratio of the next birth and the number of boys already born, this time from positive to negative. {A}ll changes in slopes were highly statistically significant. {T}hese findings indicate that sex-selective abortion was prevalent in both countries, and could work both ways in {A}zerbaijan. {T}he results are interpreted in terms of 'gender saturation', that is a desire of families to better balance the composition of the family when too many children of the same sex are already born, which is consistent with opinion surveys indicating a preference for balanced families.},
  keywords = {{ARMENIE} ; {AZERBAIDJAN}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {B}iosocial {S}cience},
  volume = {46},
  numero = {6},
  pages = {786--796},
  ISSN = {0021-9320},
  year = {2014},
  DOI = {10.1017/s0021932014000078},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010063129},
}