Son preference and health disparities in developing countries

Son preference will predict higher health disparities between sons and daughters.

Health disparities are measured according to mean of the variation of weight- and height-for-age z-scores among female and male children.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Regression analysis	Supported	p < 0.01	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Son preference	Independent	Gender Status, Social Placement, Status Of Children
Health disparities between sons and daughters	Dependent	Anthropometry

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Le, Kien	2022	Disadvantaged families with preference for sons will predict higher health disparities between sons and daughters.	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Kanazawa, Satoshi	2006	Wealthier individuals will prefer sons over daughters (152).	Supported	5	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Bau, Natalie	2021	Education rates will be higher for daughters relative to sons in matrilocal societies, and will be higher for sons relative to daughters in patrilocal societies.	Mostly supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Rosenblatt, Paul C.	1974	"Firstborn sons are likely to have more authority over siblings . . . than later born sons, are likely to inherit or otherwise gain control of more family land, livestock, or wealth, and are likely to be respected by siblings. . . . Firstborn daughters . . . receive relatively more respect than their same-sex siblings" (51)	Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Apostolou, Menelaos	2010	Parents will value traits differently in son-in-laws and daughter-in-laws (697).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author