Esta investigación reaĺızase no marco do proxecto Adquisición de escenarios de conocimiento a través de la lectura de textos: Desarrollo y aplicación de recursos para el procesamiento lingǘıstico del gallego (SKATeR-UVIGO) financiado polo Ministerio de Economı́a y Competitividad, TIN2012-38584-C06-04. Queremos agradecer aqúı sinceramente as valiosas contribucións para a mellora do artigo das tre...

The author contends that sex differentials in childhood mortality in Pakistan are a likely outcome of son preference behavior by parents. Consideration is given to the historical improvement in the female disadvantage in mortality, the neglect of female children, gender and class factors, and son preference and high fertility. Data are from the 1981 Pakistan census and other official surveys....