Your textbook discussed information regarding parents' preferences about the sex of their children, outside North America. This information suggested that
a. in some parts of Asia, parents now prefer to have girls, because the "bride prices" are now quite high.
b. surprisingly, parents in other parts of the world are now more likely than North Americans to state that they have no gender preferences.
c. the sex preferences around the world are actually fairly similar, with the majority preferring to have girls.
d. in China, the rate of selective abortion is so high that many Chinese men will not be able to find a woman to marry.
D
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