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International Journal of Advanced Psychiatric Nursing

P-ISSN: 2664-1348, E-ISSN: 2664-1356
International Journal of Advanced Psychiatric Nursing
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2024, Vol. 6, Issue 2, Part A

An exploratory study to assess gender preference and its factors among primigravida women attending antenatal outpatient department in selected hospital of district Mohali, Punjab

Nargish, Oshin Kapoor, Prabhjot Kaur, Ramandeep Kaur, Rinchan Pathania, Dr. Harpreet Kaur and Dr. Deepika R Kumar

The social evils, female feticide and infanticide can be eradicated only when people recognize the importance of women in their life. Preference for male baby reflects underlying socioeconomic and cultural patterns and prevailing inequity between genders in many societies in India. In this light, the present was conducted to assess the factors associated with gender preference among primigravida women attending antenatal outpatient department in selected hospital of district Mohali, Punjab. A non-experimental exploratory research design was adopted for the study. This study was conducted in Dr. B.R Ambedkar State Institute of Medical Science, phase 6, Mohali, Punjab. The sample of 100 primigravida mothers were drawn from Dr. B.R Ambedkar State Institute of Medical Science, phase 6, Mohali, Punjab by using purposive sampling technique in the month of March 2024. The results revealed that majority of primigravida mothers 78 had son preference and their mean score with son preference was high (84.63±26.833). Hence, it was revealed that that there was no significant association between the factors of gender preference with primigravida mothers with age, religion, residential area, educational status, occupation, income type of family and type of marriage.
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International Journal of Advanced Psychiatric Nursing
How to cite this article:
Nargish, Oshin Kapoor, Prabhjot Kaur, Ramandeep Kaur, Rinchan Pathania, Dr. Harpreet Kaur, Dr. Deepika R Kumar. An exploratory study to assess gender preference and its factors among primigravida women attending antenatal outpatient department in selected hospital of district Mohali, Punjab. Int J Adv Psychiatric Nurs 2024;6(2):05-09. DOI: 10.33545/26641348.2024.v6.i2a.167
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