Table 4:
Association between “do you prefer male gender for your expected child?” and other sociodemographic variables.
| Variables | Do you prefer male gender for your expected child? |
Total N (%) |
p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No n (%) |
Yes n (%) |
Neutral n (%) |
||||
| Gender | Female | 210 (45.2) | 137 (32.2) | 31 (18.3) | 378 (35.7) | 0.0001 |
| Male | 255 (54.8) | 288 (67.8) | 138 (81.7) | 681 (64.3) | ||
| Marital Status | Single | 264 (56.8) | 204 (48.0) | 96 (56.8) | 564 (53.3) | 0.019 |
| Married | 201 (43.2) | 221 (52.0) | 73 (43.2) | 495 (46.7) | ||
| Education | BT | 50 (10.8) | 62 (14.6) | 16 (9.5) | 128 (12.1) | 0.0001 |
| T | 46 (9.9) | 56 (13.2) | 15 (8.9) | 117 (11.0) | ||
| Diploma | 178 (38.3) | 151 (35.5) | 92 (54.4) | 421 (39.8) | ||
| BS O | 143 (30.8) | 107 (25.2) | 24 (14.2) | 274 (25.9) | ||
| Higher Education | 48 (10.3) | 49 (11.5) | 22 (13.0) | 119 (11.2) | ||
| Career | G | 62 (13.3) | 77 (18.1) | 34 (20.1) | 173 (16.3) | 0.057 |
| NG | 211 (45.4) | 192 (45.2) | 83 (49.1) | 486 (45.9) | ||
| NA | 192 (41.3) | 156 (36.7) | 52 (30.8) | 400 (37.8) | ||
| Income | <814 | 363 (78.1) | 304 (71.5) | 108 (63.9) | 775 (73.2) | 0.001 |
| ≥814 | 102 (21.9) | 121 (28.5) | 61 (36.1) | 284 (26.8) | ||
| Place of residence | Village | 98 (21.1) | 104 (24.5) | 31 (18.3) | 233 (22.0) | 0.217 |
| City | 367 (78.9) | 321 (75.5) | 138 (81.7) | 826 (78.0) | ||