Why Do Parents Prefer to Know the Fetal Sex as Part of Invasive Prenatal Testing?

Table 1

Demographic variables, pregnancy information, and knowledge.

Variable (N = numbers of respondents)	𝑁	Percentage
Nationality mother (𝑁=210)
Dutch	197	93.8
Non-Dutch	13	6.2
Religious (𝑁=210)
Yes	90	42.9
No	120	57.1
Marital status (𝑁=210)
Married	99	47.1
Cohabitant	100	47.7
Single	3	1.4
Living apart together	8	3.8
Education mother (𝑁=209)
Low secondary education	23	11.0
Middle secondary education	12	5.7
High secondary education	5	2.4
Middle professional education	62	29.7
High professional education	68	32.5
University	39	18.7
Education partner (𝑁=202)
Primary school	3	1.5
Low secondary education	23	11.4
Middle secondary education	9	4.5
High secondary education	7	3.5
Low professional education	1	0.5
Middle professional education	72	35.6
High professional education	51	25.2
University	36	17.8
Reproduction method (𝑁=183)
Spontaneous	163	89.1
Assisted reproduction	20	10.9
Will have a 20-week scan (𝑁=210)
No	2	1.0
Yes	203	96.6
Uncertain	5	2.4
Thinks the 20-week scan is reliable in fetal; sex determination (𝑁=209)
No	8	3.8
Yes	7	37.3
Yes, very reliable	123	58.9
Do you know sex chromosomal; aberrations? (𝑁=155)
Yes	12	7.7
No	143	92.3