Daughter preference describes human families seeking to bear and raise daughters, rather than sons.
Daughter preference is evident in contemporary Japan[1] and Japanese-American immigrant families.
[3] Daughter preference appears at measurable levels in three Scandinavian countries: Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.
[4] One study found that a significant contributing factor to daughter preference was the "number of wife's sisters.
"[5] In the matrilineal inheritance system of Malawi, daughter preference emerges if all existing children are sons.