Gender preferences and demand for preconception sex selection: a survey among pregnant women in Pakistan | Zendy

Faiza Zubair | Zendy; Edgar Dahl | Zendy; Sirjana Shah | Zendy; Mushtaq Ahmed | Zendy; Burkhard Brosig | Zendy

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Gender preferences and demand for preconception sex selection: a survey among pregnant women in Pakistan

Author(s) -

Faiza Zubair,

Edgar Dahl,

Sirjana Shah,

Mushtaq Ahmed,

Burkhard Brosig

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

human reproduction

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446

H-Index - 226

eISSN - 1460-2350

pISSN - 0268-1161

DOI - 10.1093/humrep/del409

Subject(s) - sex selection , preference , demography , selection (genetic algorithm) , sex ratio , psychology , medicine , population , sociology , artificial intelligence , computer science , economics , microeconomics

In its recent report 'Human Reproductive Technologies and the Law', the House of Commons' Select Committee on Science and Technology called for greater efforts to establish the potential demographic impact of sex selection across all sectors of UK society. Given the well-known preference for boys over girls among some communities, there is concern that a readily available service for social sex selection may upset the balance of the sexes. Of particular interest are the gender preferences and the demand for sex selection among Pakistanis.

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