New Study Suggests Preference for Sons Continues among Second-Generation Women of South Asian Descen (IMAGE)

St. Michael's Hospital

New Study Suggests Preference for Sons Continues among Second-Generation Women of South Asian Descen

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A preference for male children persists among second-generation mothers of South Asian descent, according to new study that found a skewed ratio of male-to-female babies born to these women in Ontario. The lead author is Dr. Susitha Wanigaratne, a social epidemiologist and post-doctoral fellow at the Centre for Urban Health Solutions of St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto.

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