Non‐invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) can determine the sex of the fetus very accurately and
very early in gestation. There are concerns that the ease, timing, and accuracy of NIPT sex …

BACKGROUND Immigrant women are a vulnerable group within Norwegian prenatal care
and have an increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes. The purpose of this exploratory …

What happens when citizens from societies with strong son preference culture migrate to
countries in which preference for having a child of each sex prevails? Using data from …

Parental sex preferences have been documented in many native populations, but much less
evidence is available on immigrants' preferences for the sexes of their children. Using high …

Objectives To conduct a qualitative study, guided by the principles of community-based
participatory research, with the following objectives:(1) to provide a conceptual framework …

Background Son-biased sex ratios at birth (M: F), an extreme manifestation of son
preference, are predominately found in East and South Asia. Studies have examined sex …

Background The naturally occurring male-to-female (M/F) ratio at birth is 1.05. Higher ratios
found primarily in countries across Asia have been attributed to prenatal sex selection due to …

ABSTRACT A growing literature examines parental sex preferences for their children among
migrant communities in Western countries and investigates whether migrants' preferences …

BACKGROUND A plethora of emergent literature is investigating the prevalence of gender
preferences among immigrant communities in Western industrialized countries. Such …

Background: We assessed variations in the male-female infant ratios among births to
Canadian-born and Indian-born mothers according to year of birth, province and country of …