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Will this result in more girls? Currently people tend to stop having kids once they have a girl. There are many families with an older sister and a younger br
by galuggus 5y ago
Will this result in more girls?
Currently people tend to stop having kids once they have a girl.
There are many families with an older sister and a younger brother(maybe why Peppa Pig is so popular) but far fewer with an older boy and a younger girl.
- bronzeage 5y agoNo, that's not how statistics work. Only planned abortions can tilt the girl/boy balance. Otherwise, every new child is a new coin toss, staying at 50% regardless of the other kids.
- bagacrap 5y agoif everyone stops after the first boy (I'm assuming a typo in gp) then there's a 50% chance of one boy, 25% chance of one each, 12.5% chance of 2 girls 1 boy, etc. Let's assume a 4 child/family cap. So for 100 couples you'll get 50 boys + 25 boys + 12.5 boys + 6.25 boys = 93.75 boys, vs 0 girls + 25 girls + 25 girls + 18.75 girls + ...