Sex Preference

State	Percentage of women who prefer more sons than daughters	Percentage of men who prefer more sons than daughters	Difference
1	2	3	4
Andhra Pradesh	9.3	12.0	2.7
Arunachal Pradesh	28.3	30.3	2.0
Assam	24.1	17.9	-6.2
Bihar1	39.2	38.5	-0.7
Chhatisgarh	32.8	24.8	-8.0
Delhi	11.7	11.7	0.0
Goa	8.7	11.4	2.7
Gujarat	22.7	20.0	-2.7
Haryana	22.0	18.4	-3.6
Himachal Pradesh	11.8	9.2	-2.6
Jammu & Kashmir	23.4	23.9	0.5
Jharkhand	28.1	24.6	-3.5
Karnataka	11.6	12.7	1.1
Kerala	11.0	11.8	0.8
Madhya Pradesh1	30.8	27.9	-2.9
Maharashtra	14.1	14.3	0.2
Manipur	28.5	34.7	6.2
Meghalaya	11.9	21.5	9.6
Mizoram	29.0	43.5	14.5
Nagaland	21.4	28.4	7.0
Orissa	24.2	20.3	-3.9
Punjab	17.7	13.4	-4.3
Rajasthan	34.3	24.0	-10.3
Sikkim	15.5	17.1	1.6
Tamil Nadu	5.7	7.9	2.2
Uttarakhand	20.7	13.6	-7.1
Uttar Pradesh1	33.5	27.8	-5.7
West Bengal	16.5	16.6	0.1
India	22.4	20.0	-2.4
Source: National Family Health Survey- III, 2005-06.
1: Data pertains to undivided State.