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If they were only allowed to have one child, more Americans would prefer it be a boy rather than a girl, a new survey finds.<\/p>\n

Despite the intervening woman\u2019s movement, the results are very similar to those found when the same question was asked of Americans in 1941.<\/p>\n

The Gallup polling agency asked a random sample of 1,020 American adults whether they\u2019d prefer to have a girl or a boy if they could only chose one. Forty percent said they\u2019d pick a boy, 28 percent said they would want a girl, and the rest didn\u2019t mind either way or weren\u2019t sure.<\/p>\n

In 1941, Americans asked a similar question responded with 38 percent preferring a boy, 24 percent preferring a girl, and the rest with no preference. The question has been asked eight other times in the intervening years, with the numbers remaining fairly constant.<\/p>\n

The preference for boys over girls is driven by men, 49 percent of whom said they\u2019d want a son. Only 22 percent said they\u2019d prefer a daughter. Women, in contrast, showed no significant preference, with 31 percent preferring a boy and 32 percent preferring a girl. [Boy or Girl: Which Gender Baby Would You Pick?]<\/p>\n

Americans younger than 30 are the most likely to say they\u2019d prefer a boy, with 54 percent making that choice, and 27 percent preferring a baby girl. The gap then declines steadily with age. Education also plays a role: People with a postgraduate education break even in their preferences, while 44 percent of those with a high-school education or less prefer boys, compared with 25 percent who prefer girls.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not known how many parents in the United States have the opportunity to select what sex they\u2019d like their baby to be, but sex-selective abortions in other countries have skewed the gender balance. Normally, 105 baby boys are born for every 100 girls. According to China\u2019s census, 118 baby boys were born for every 100 girls in 2010. Kits that promise to reveal the sex of a baby at just a few weeks\u2019 gestation have raised fears of similar sex-selective abortion in Western countries, Gallup officials said.<\/p>\n

Source: LiveScience<\/p>\n

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