This statistic shows the results of a survey conducted from 1997 to 2011 among adult Americans on whether they would prefer the gender of their child be male or female, if they could only have one child. In 2011, 40 percent of respondents stated they would prefer a boy if they could only have one child.
If you could have only one child, yould you prefer it to be a boy or a girl?
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Gallup. (June 23, 2011). If you could have only one child, yould you prefer it to be a boy or a girl? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/263494/gender-preference-for-children-in-the-united-states/
Gallup. "If you could have only one child, yould you prefer it to be a boy or a girl?." Chart. June 23, 2011. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/263494/gender-preference-for-children-in-the-united-states/
Gallup. (2011). If you could have only one child, yould you prefer it to be a boy or a girl?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/263494/gender-preference-for-children-in-the-united-states/
Gallup. "If You Could Have Only One Child, Yould You Prefer It to Be a Boy or a Girl?." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Jun 2011, https://www.statista.com/statistics/263494/gender-preference-for-children-in-the-united-states/
Gallup, If you could have only one child, yould you prefer it to be a boy or a girl? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/263494/gender-preference-for-children-in-the-united-states/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
If you could have only one child, yould you prefer it to be a boy or a girl? [Graph], Gallup, June 23, 2011. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/263494/gender-preference-for-children-in-the-united-states/
