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Table 5 Descriptive analysis of socio-demographic characteristics

From: Willingness to bear the first child among the Chinese childless population: a national survey study

Variables

Chinese childless population (n = 6941)

One child fertility intention (mean ± SD)

Statistics

p value

Gender

  

19.790a

<0.001

 Male

3543 (51.04%)

50.07 ± 34.33

  

 Female

3398 (48.96%)

34.63 ± 30.64

  

Age group

  

58.704b

<0.001

 15 ~ 19

2356 (33.94%)

36.69 ± 32.11

  

 20 ~ 24

2046 (29.48%)

39.14 ± 33.10

  

 25 ~ 29

1453 (20.93%)

50.50 ± 33.05

  

 30 ~ 34

665 (9.58%)

53.85 ± 33.31

  

 35 ~ 39

224 (3.23%)

53.85 ± 33.52

  

 40 ~ 49

197 (2.84%)

37.16 ± 33.35

  

Education level

  

11.814b

<0.001

 Middle school and below

250 (3.60%)

48.22 ± 34.36

  

 Senior high school and technical secondary school

1828 (26.34%)

39.63 ± 33.27

  

 College degree and above

4863 (70.06%)

43.30 ± 33.43

  

Occupational status

  

119.189b

<0.001

 Employed

1990 (28.67%)

51.99 ± 33.00

  

 Student

4402 (63.42%)

38.27 ± 32.65

  

 Unemployment

549 (7.91%)

42.21 ± 34.74

  

Household register

  

0.370a

0.712

 Agricultural

2624 (37.80%)

42.71 ± 33.39

  

 Non-agricultural

4317 (62.20%)

42.40 ± 33.53

  

Living region

  

1.079b

0.340

 Eastern region

2542 (36.62%)

42.19 ± 33.34

  

 Central region

1687 (24.30%)

41.85 ± 33.98

  

 Western region

2712 (39.07%)

43.23 ± 33.28

  

Place of residence

  

−3.742a

<0.001

 Rural

1760 (25.36%)

39.97 ± 32.90

  

 Urban

5181 (74.64%)

43.38 ± 33.63

  

Marital status

  

117.716b

<0.001

 Unmarried

6143 (88.50%)

40.41 ± 32.85

  

 Married

754 (10.86%)

59.88 ± 33.29

  

 Divorced or widowed

44 (0.63%)

38.70 ± 36.09

  

Per capita monthly income of the household

  

−5.291a

<0.001

 ≤4000

2956 (42.59%)

40.05 ± 33.42

  

 >4000

3985 (57.41%)

44.34 ± 33.40

  

Whether you have pets at home

  

−2.216a

0.027

 Yes

1592 (22.94%)

40.88 ± 33.55

  

 No

5349 (77.06%)

43.00 ± 33.44

  

Number of siblings

  

2.453b

0.061

 0

3150 (45.38%)

42.62 ± 33.62

  

 1

2378 (34.26%)

42.03 ± 32.99

  

 2

856 (12.33%)

44.91 ± 33.44

  

 ≥3

557 (8.02%)

40.30 ± 34.58

  

Number of properties owned

  

10.095b

<0.001

 0

1088 (15.67%)

38.05 ± 33.27

  

 1

3545 (51.07%)

44.15 ± 33.19

  

 2

1573 (22.66%)

41.44 ± 33.55

  

 ≥3

735 (10.59%)

43.52 ± 34.31

  

Self-efficacy

  

−11.306a

<0.001

 Low self-efficacy

3596 (51.81%)

38.17 ± 32.39

  

 High self-efficacy

3345 (48.19%)

47.19 ± 33.99

  

Family health

  

26.756b

<0.001

 Poor family health

2294 (33.05%)

38.36 ± 33.04

  

 Moderate family health

3831 (55.19%)

44.41 ± 33.15

  

 Excellent family health

816 (11.76%)

45.26 ± 35.10

  

Family communication

  

0.153c

<0.001

 Intimate partner violence

  

−0.056c

<0.001

 Perceived social support

  

0.136c

<0.001

 Media exposure

  

0.038c

0.002

  1. aT-value
  2. bF-value
  3. cSpearman’s rank correlation coefficient