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Abstract
Fetal sex preferences of pregnant women are based on psychological, physiologic, economic, and sociologic factors. Parental responses to the knowledge of fetal/infant sex range from feticide to preferential treatment of the preferred-sexed child. This study describes the sex preferences, sex beliefs, attempted sex preselection techniques, and desire to know the fetal sex of 243 second-trimester gravidas. Data demonstrated a willingness to disclose sex preferences, with 81% declaring a preference. The majority of women (81%) also wished to know the sex of their child prior to delivery regardless of their acknowledgment of a sex preference. The results of this survey offer implications for research on the phenomena relating to sex preference.Entities:
Keywords: Empirical Approach; Genetics and Reproduction; Alabama; Americas; Behavior; Beliefs--women; Culture; Developed Countries; North America; Northern America; Psychological Factors; Reproduction; Reproductive Technologies; Sampling Studies; Sex Preference; Sex Preselection; Studies; Surveys--women; Technical Report; United States; Value Orientation
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Year: 1993 PMID： 8492189 DOI： 10.1016/0091-2182(93)90144-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Nurse Midwifery ISSN： 0091-2182