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SUBMITTER: Weitzman A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10898217 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Violence against women 20190327 6-7
This article investigates the effects of firstborn sex on intimate partner violence (IPV) in India, taking into account heterogeneity across state sex ratios and maternal education. In states with masculine sex ratios of first births, firstborn daughters are found to elevate the risk and severity of IPV. The effects of firstborn daughters on sexual IPV are particularly pronounced among uneducated women in these states. These findings suggest that amid son preference at low birth orders, the sex ...[more]