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Show i"rrTfrJiB-ri-iin- ,8 A DESERET NEWS, FRIDAY, ri NOVEMBER 25, 1977 Release in Mexico Rather have a boy, women say in poll Mich AP) American women would rather have boys than girls, despite claims by most women that they want an equal number of sons and ANN ARBOR. University of Michigan researcher says. a daughters, Using a new technique for detecting the underlying preferences of women, researcher I .olagene C. Coombs found that of 6,800 married women interviewed, 49 percent preferred boys and 32 percent preferred girls The other 19 percent wanted an even number of boys and girls. The strength of preference also was stronger for boys, she said Twenty percent of the women had a strong desire for sons, while percent had a strong preference for daughters. Mrs. Coombs, of the University of Michigan Population Studies Center, found girls were preferred by Hispanic women and by Catholic women married to Catholic men. She also discovered that black women had a stronger 1 1 Other than those variations. Coombs said, boys were preferred by most women regardless of their economic group, education, religion or location. Mrs. Mrs. Coombs said 52 percent of the women under 30 preferred boys and 58 percent of those under wanted male children. Sex preferences for boys are often explained by their value as to carry on the family adults name or for support in old age and preferences for girls by their value in childhood companionship and help around the house," Mrs. Coombs wrote. While noting the preference for sons has had no effect on the ratio of the nation, Mrs. Coombs added: With the possibility of control of sex of offspring on the horizon, a measure which reveals underlying sex preferences becomes increasingly important 20 . A- -l any method to weed out people who were simply under Social Security for a short time from those who were truly low wage earners who deserve the minimum. "There are lots of people ot significant means drawing that minimum benefit from the system," said Cardwell. He said the Social Security system looks at the records of some federal retirees as if thzy had been low lifetime wage earners. It really misreads their circumstances. And it pays them the weighted benefit. d of state and About local government workers and it groups employees of also are not covered by Social Security and can take advantage of these windfalls. one-thir- non-prof- The bill to refinance the Social Security system that is now in a House-Senat- e conference committee would make changes to elimi- -' ? p ELECTRONIC LEARNING AID 'rar: IJ.S. Ambassador Patrick Lueey to intervene on behalf of the inmates. The embassy statement said Lucey had not heard from Fortney but he "wishes to assure everyone . . . especially the families of the American n p, p) . 331 e. ifziGj aG m "There is no evidence to substantiate the allegations . . . that payments of $3,000 were required to be made by vanous prisoners in order that they be put on or moved up on the transfer list, the embassy said Thursday. prisoners involved, that the Mexican Attorney General and other officials have been most cooperative in facilitating (the) transfer of eligible American onsoners. said Rep. Fortney Starke, Wednesday in Washington that he had received complaints some American convicts were being forced to pay to be moved up on the transfer list. American convicts The first batch are expected to be flown to the United some o be States before Christmas set free but others to serve out the remainder of their sentences. Fortney also sa'd American inmates had been most outspoken in protesting jail conditions in Mexico were being kept off the transfer list, hinting they were being punished for their activities The embassy statement said female prisoners will fill the first flight cut of Mexico "with the balance of available seats filled by male prisoners selected . in alphabetical order; there is no such thing as being higher on the list. The congressman, who was a leading advocate of the MexicoU.S. prisoner exchange agreement signed into law earlier this year, said he would ask It said as of November, there were a total of 225 American inmates listed by the Mexican government as eligible for 4, i irasi: cv---."-- 3 games to motivate learning in math. Basic math drills for practice sessions Scoreboard Spectacular to reward you when youie of Exciting aid A unique & for basic math for children 5 and up includes "the fun with math" booklet. fun-lovi- who right 24 $1 895 TYPE-A-LIN- E SusImsa Machine Co. 168 1. 2nd South 328-495- 4 transfer to the United States. double-dipp- er natc some of the windfalls. The Senate version would limit how much the federal pensioner could draw from Social Security as a dependent. The IloiihO Ways and Means Committee wanted to require Social Security coverage for all U.S. workers, but the full House reversed that vote and decided instead to undertake a two-yea-r study of universal coverage. Cardwell says he thinks the situation eventually will be remedied by some integration between the federal retirement plan and Social Security. But he said the committees attempt to embrace the concept first and fill in the blanks later frightened a lot of workers. Cardwell says he believes a system can be designed to wash out the windfalls while still protecting the pension rights of federal and other employees. Federal workers pay 7 percent of their salaries into their retirement plan, which was designed to A c . le Retiree won't be a Cuniiuued (rum - MEXICO CITY (UPI) The U S. Embassy has denied allegations by a I S. congressman that some Americans imprisoned in Mexico have had to pay $3,000 each to speed their way home under a prisoner exchange agreement. preference for boys than do white women. male-fema- Texas Instruments lntrodus nommn Embassy denies prisoner payoff Despite equality claim pfjua! the combination of Social Security and a private pension. Beyond the question of doubledippers, Cardwell also has doubts about the current federal retirement system, which allows civil servants to draw an annuity at age 55 after 30 years service or at age 60 after 20 years. 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