Some Asians Families in US Choosing Sons

By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, AP Science Writer, General Science / Other

(AP) -- Having sons is important to many Asian cultures, and now American families from those groups seem to be asserting the same preference. A new analysis of the 2000 Census shows that among U.S. born children of Chinese, Korean and Asian Indian parents the odds of having a boy increase if the family already has a girl or two.

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