This article investigates
whether men's sexual behavior is influenced by the sex of their firstborn
children and, if so, at what stage of firstborns' development this occurs.
Using standardized data from 37 Demographic and Health Surveys (N = 61,801), I
compare the sexual activities, sexually transmitted infection symptoms, and
sexual ideologies of fathers with firstborn sons and fathers with firstborn
daughters. I also explore whether fathers' attitudes mediate the effects of
firstborn sex.
The findings indicate that fathers with firstborn sons are less
likely to report using condoms and more likely to report paying for sex and
having genital ulcers than fathers with firstborn daughters. These differences
are limited to the firstborn's adolescent years and are slightly mediated by
attitudinal differences.
Together, these results raise new questions about the
underlying mechanisms linking men's sexual behavior to their children's
gendered development.
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- Abigail Weitzman, Population Studies Center University of Michigan 426 Thompson St. Ann Arbor, MI 48106. E-mail: aweitzma@umich.edu
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