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Will this result in more girls?

Currently people tend to stop having kids once they have a girl.

There are many families with an older sister and a younger brother(maybe why Peppa Pig is so popular) but far fewer with an older boy and a younger girl.

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if everyone stops after the first boy (I'm assuming a typo in gp) then there's a 50% chance of one boy, 25% chance of one each, 12.5% chance of 2 girls 1 boy, etc.

Let's assume a 4 child/family cap.

So for 100 couples you'll get 50 boys + 25 boys + 12.5 boys + 6.25 boys = 93.75 boys, vs 0 girls + 25 girls + 25 girls + 18.75 girls + ...

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