The Value of Children to Iranian Parents

What do parents feel the value of children might be? Using rational choice theory, the effect of having children was measured by their aggregate social, economic and emotional value. The results show that age, gender, occupation and the experience of having raised a child did not correlate with th...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Taghi Iman, Maryam Soroush
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: North Carolina Sociological Association 2007-05-01
Series:Sociation Today
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Online Access:http://www.ncsociology.org/sociationtoday/v51/iman.htm