Preference For Sex of Child
In many cultures, male offspring are desired in order to inherit property, carry on family name, to provide support for parents in old age.
A 2009 study at the University of Ulster found that having sisters, as compared to brothers, can enhance the quality of life of an adult.
Evidence suggests couples in the United Kingdom tend to pick sons and daughters in roughly even numbers.
Read more about this topic: Sex Selection
Famous quotes containing the words preference and/or child:
“There is nothing more likely to drive a man mad, than the being unable to get rid of the idea of the distinction between right and wrong, and an obstinate, constitutional preference of the true to the agreeable.”
—William Hazlitt (1778–1830)
“The human race is yet in its infancy—no, not infancy; infancy is innocent and sweet—it is in its ugly boyhood, half way between the child and the man—in a state of semi-barbarism.”
—Anonymous, U.S. magazine contributor. Herald of Progress (no dates available)