Sex Preference and Fertility (A Case Study of Meghauli Village in Chitwan District)

Abstract

The present study on the sex preference and fertility are carried out by collecting primary data from the sample survey in ward number 5 of Meghauli VDC in Chitwan district. The main aim of this study is to examine the existing reasons of desire for children by sex. For this study the respondents are currently married women aged 15-49 years and theirhusband. The study covers total of673populations from total of 125 selectedhousehold. Out of 125 selected household, 86.1 percent peopleare literate.Out of the total population aged (10 years and above),37.5 percent are founds in agricultural, 30.6 percent are founds in students and 13.3 percent are services. The socio-economic, demographic and cultural variable affects sex preference and fertility. Most of respondents, 68.8 percent household have 0.03386 hectare to 0.67730 hectareof land, 22.4 percent household haveabovethan0.6773 hectare, 8.8 percenthouseholdhave 0.03386 hectare and belowtheir cultivable land ownership. Most of respondent 89.6 percent are supported the 12 months in a year for their income efficiency. Out of total respondent,91.2 percent have given birth to children but only 8.8 percent haven’t any children. Who have given birth of children, 42.1 percent of respondent have given birth of only one Son, 33.6 percent of respondents have given birth onlyone daughter. 14.9 percent respondents have not given any son and 24.6percent respondents havenot any daughter.31.6 percent of respondents who se children are died among their live birth. Among the total number of childrendied, 72.2 percent son are died. Out of 114 respondents, 57. 9 percent respondents have given the first birth of son and 42.1 percents have given first birth of daughter. Out of total respondents,81.6 percent of the respondent are reported that they would like to have their first child as a son and 18.4 percentrespondents would like to have their first child as a daughter, 68.8 percent ofhusband and 65.6 percent of wivesare wanted at least one son in their family and 20 percent of husband and 21.6 percent of wives are wanted at least one 11 daughter. Majority of the respondents both husband and wives more emphasizedon the increase heredity and old age security for wanting sons. The large proportion of agricultural respondents (51.0%) want son.Among total respondents, 18.6 percent of illiterate respondents wants on and 21.27 percent want to daughter. Similarly 81.4 percent of literature want to son for first child and 78.3 percent want to daughter for first child. Out of 114 respondents, 19.3 percent respondents want to two sons among their ideal family size, who have three children in their family. About seventeen percentrespondents want to one son among their ideal family size, who have two children in their family. As well as 17.5 percent respondents want to two sonsin their family size who have four children and above. Highest proportion of respondents who want to pregnancy who want to pregnancy continuous in age group 35-39 years and highest proportion of respondents who don't want to pregnancy continuous in age group 20-24 years. . 90.7 percent of literate respondents don't want to pregnancy continuous but only 75.6 percent ofliterate respondents wantto pregnancy continuous. Most of the highest percent of agricultural respondents want to pregnancy continuous than other occupational respondents.57.1 percent of respondents have used the temporary family planning method who have only one son and 42.9 percent of respondents have use the temporary family planning method who have not any son.