Table 2. Sex composition by family size.

	All sons	Majority sons	Equal	Majority daughters	All daughters	Total
	Row % / n	Row % / n	Row % / n	Row % / n	Row % / n	Row % / n
1 child	49.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	50.1	100.0
	4897	0	0	0	4924	9821
2 children	24.3	0.0	52.8	0.0	23.0	100.0
	10206	0	22195	0	9661	42062
3 children	13.5	37.2	0.0	36.4	12.9	100.0
	3913	10761	0	10553	3739	28966
4 children	7.2	25.1	37.0	23.7	7.0	100.0
	1052	3665	5395	3459	1029	14600
5 children	3.5	46.7	0.0	46.4	3.5	100.0
	223	2999	0	2980	224	6426
6 children	2.7	34.4	28.0	32.7	2.2	100.0
	86	1098	893	1044	69	3190
7 children	1.6	47.1	0.0	50.8	0.5	100.0
	25	758	0	817	8	1608
8 children	1.8	35.7	27.7	33.9	0.9	100.0
	15	302	234	287	8	846
9 children	0.0	51.9	0.0	47.0	1.1	100.0
	0	182	0	165	4	351
10 children	0.5	24.6	33.3	41.5	0.0	100.0
	1	48	65	81	0	195
Total	18.9	18.3	26.6	17.9	18.2	100.0
	20418	19813	28782	19386	19666	108065

Source: SHARE waves 1, 2, 4, and 5 (only new respondents).