Parental preferences for sex of children in Nigeria: Cultural influences and family structure

Alex Bawuah; Michael Sarfo; Godness Kye Biney; Francis Appiah; Linus Baatiema; Sanni Yaya

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0327474

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Parental preferences for sex of children in Nigeria: Cultural influences and family structure

Alex Bawuah,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation School of Global Studies, Faculty of Social Science, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4603-5789

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Michael Sarfo,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation School of Human and Health Sciences, University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7380-1608

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Godness Kye Biney,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4860-3869

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Francis Appiah,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliations School of Graduate Studies, Lingnan University, Hong Kong SAR, China, Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, School of Public Health, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
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Linus Baatiema,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Ghana Health Service, Upper West Regional Health Directorate, Wa, Ghana, L&E Research Consult Ltd, Wa, Upper West Region, Ghana, Centre for Migration, Security and International Relations, Faculty of Policy, University of Business and Integrated Development Studies

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8668-4671

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Sanni Yaya

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: sanni.yaya@gmail.com

Affiliation George Institute for Global Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6003-139X

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Parental preferences for sex of children in Nigeria: Cultural influences and family structure

Alex Bawuah,
Michael Sarfo,
Godness Kye Biney,
Francis Appiah,
Linus Baatiema,
Sanni Yaya

Published: July 11, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0327474

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