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Cultural Incentives For Having A Son In Urban Areas

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In the rural areas there seem to be more of an incentive to have a son then in urban areas. For the reason that a son can help with the labor required to run a farm. Consisting of the working the land, harvesting, and livestock. (Xie, 2014)
The second cultural incentive for Chinese families’ have a son is religious rituals. The high incentive for having a son is they carrying out their families’ religious obligations, these specific cultural traditions require the son to perform ancestor worship or other familial prayers. The medium cultural incentive value for having a son to perform the family’s ritual obligations is not necessary since a daughter can be a replacement for a son in performing the religious rituals. The low cultural value
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