Hello

I looked at this thought provoking question, but am not sure whether I have answered it. It will be interesting to see what other members write.

This paper might be another way of looking at it:

Fong, V. L. (2002). China's one-child policy and the empowerment of urban daughters. American Anthropologist, 1098-1109.

This is the full text:

http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic249578.files/Week%204/Fong_2002.pdf

& this is the ResearchGate link:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227510594_China's_One-Child_Policy_and_the_Empowerment_of_Urban_Daughters

See panel 3, p.235 in this paper:

Victora, C. G., Wagstaff, A., Schellenberg, J. A., Gwatkin, D., Claeson, M., & Habicht, J. P. (2003). Applying an equity lens to child health and mortality: more of the same is not enough. The Lancet, 362(9379), 233-241.

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Davidson_Gwatkin/publication/10639829_Applying_an_equity_lens_to_child_health_and_mortality_more_of_the_same_is_not_enough/links/54a6e6190cf267bdb909ff60.pdf

See footnote 4, p.2, and first paragraph on p.3:

Hallman, K. (2000). Mother-father resource control, marriage payments, and girl-boy health in rural Bangladesh. Food Consumption and Nutrition Division Discussion Paper, 93.

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kelly_Hallman/publication/5056520_Mother-father_resource_control_marriage_payments_and_girl-boy_health_in_rural_Bangladesh/links/02e7e51ebc345e7421000000.pdf

This website discussed this topic, but is not a referenced academic paper:

http://www.informereastafrica.com/node/30388

Very best wishes with your proposal and literature review,

Mary

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Thanks a lot Mary!

Actually, there are literally thousands of academic references on boy children. See http://www.xyonline.net/content/growing-male for a collection. There's even a specialised journal, Boyhood Studies.

Fascinating research question. Please keep updating the progress of your work.