What factors are associated with parents' desire to know the sex of their unborn child?

Birth

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 272-279

  Shipp, Thomas D ^a   Shipp, Diane Z ^c   Bromley, Bryann ^b   Sheahan, Robert ^a   Cohen, Amy ^a   Lieberman, Ellice ^a   Benacerraf, Beryl ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Social Service League   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; ADULT; FAMILY PLANNING; FATHER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BOSTON; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; SEX PRESELECTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 16644368394     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0730-7659.2004.00319.x     Document Type: Article

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