Author Question: Your textbook discussed information regarding parents' preferences about the sex of their children, ... (Read 18 times)

Mollykgkg · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

Your textbook discussed information regarding parents' preferences about the sex of their children, outside North America. This information suggested that

a. in some parts of Asia, parents now prefer to have girls, because the bride prices are now quite high.
b. surprisingly, parents in other parts of the world are now more likely than North Americans to state that they have no gender preferences.
c. the sex preferences around the world are actually fairly similar, with the majority preferring to have girls.
d. in China, the rate of selective abortion is so high that many Chinese men will not be able to find a woman to marry.

Question 2

Your textbook discussed parents' preferences about their child's gender. This research outside North America shows that

a. in India, when a sonogram shows that the fetus is female, mothers often request an abortion.
b. in China, girls are favored, so that there are many more girls than boys in the current population.
c. boys are favored in Asia, but girls are favored in Latin America and the Middle East.
d. parents' preferences about gender are remarkably similar in all cultures studied so far.