Is it true that the mother's gene decides whether a baby is a boy or a girl?

Mother's gene decides baby's sex · Asked in 1 wave, 2008 · 254 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Percentages ofpeople who answered everyone asked

Crosstab

Party Ideology Age Sex Race & ethnicity Race (all years)Education Income Region Religion Community

TrueFalse

Group		True	False	n	MoE
All respondents		20%	80%	254	±7
White		16%	84%	202	±8
Black †		21%	79%	31	±22
Other races †	Too few respondents	–	–	21	±25

General Social Survey 2008 · US adults 18+ living in households (English, and Spanish since 2006). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.

Answers as the source codes them

TrueFalseDon't know (non-answer)No answer (non-answer)

Waves

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
General Social Survey 2008	2008-04-17 to 2008-09-13	face to face	2,023	254