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What ever happened to parents-to-be saying, "We don't care whether it's a boy or a girl, as long as it's healthy?"
According to a new Gallup poll -- they do care -- and if they could only have one child, Americans would rather have a boy. The poll of 1,020 men and women over the age of 18 found that 40 percent preferred a boy to the 28 percent who said a girl, with the rest having no opinion on the matter.
In fact, Americans have repeatedly said they'd prefer having a son to a daughter in each of the 10 surveys Gallup has conducted since 1941.
What is going on here?
The study found that men drive the desire to have boys, with 49 percent preferring male babies, whereas the percent of women preferring boys nearly equaled the percent wanting girls.
Preferences also have something to do with age. For the 30 and under crowd, a whopping 54 percent would rather have a boy, while only 27 percent wanted a girl. Past 50, the percent preferring girls goes up...