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

Table 3

Maternal and paternal/partner sex preference and desire to know the fetal sex.

Variable (𝑁 = numbers of respondents)	N (%); pregnant woman	N (%); partner
Wants to know the fetal sex (𝑁=210 and 𝑁=184)
Yes	145 (69.0)	142 (77.2)
No	65 (31.0)	42 (22.8)
Fetal sex preference (𝑁=210 and 𝑁=189)
Yes, boy	8 (3.8)	22 (11.6)
Yes, girl	21 (10.0)	13 (6.9)
No	181 (86.2)	154 (81.5)