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la) Gender preference in havina children<br />

11) Ethnographic methods<br />

Structured quest~onnalre showed that while many (751160,46 9%) people preferred to<br />

have both a boy and a girl some (25 6%) preferred to have only a male ch~ld A few<br />

(15 0%) d~d not m~nd a chid <strong>of</strong> any sex, while yet another few (12 5%) preferred to<br />

have only girls Boys were preferred malnly for ewnomlc support and to carry on the<br />

fan~lly name The value <strong>of</strong> girls In looklng after the parents when necessary and help~ng<br />

them In housework was apprec~ated by some people The sex ratlo <strong>of</strong> 1,004 In the<br />

village supports the fact that gender preference was not strong In thls part <strong>of</strong> the<br />

country<br />

lb) Nutrlt~on and the girl child<br />

(i) Ethnographic methods<br />

The vtllageis d~d not glve any speclal d~eto thelr sons Many (891160. 53 0%) felt that<br />

whoever was hungry should eat f~rst Some people felt that boys were generally fussy<br />

about food whlle g~rls were more accommodat~ve<br />

(11) Othe~ epidemiological methods<br />

There was no d~etary dlscnmlnatlon agalnst girls ether In the quallty or quant~ty <strong>of</strong> food<br />

d~spensed Although both girls and boys consumed much less than the recommended<br />

values <strong>of</strong> nutrients, no slgnlflcant d~fference was observed between them (p > 0 05)

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