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Families and households

Female early marriage and gendered fertility choices in Pakistan

December 18, 2025 Rashid Javed, Mazhar Mughal and Thierry Lorey

Family, Household, Marriage, pakistan

Using four Pakistan Demographic and Health surveys Rashid Javed, Mazhar Mughal and Thierry Lorey find that women married before 18 show stronger son preference and differential fertility stopping patterns. Women’s … Read more

Fertility and reproduction

Son preference and birth spacing in Pakistan

February 27, 2023February 27, 2023 Rashid Javed and Mazhar Mughal

Asia, gender equality, Gender issues, pakistan

Rashid Javed and Mazhar Mughal investigate how son preference affects birth spacing in Pakistan. The impact they find is strong, with several negative consequences on the demographic transition of the … Read more