From: Willingness to bear the first child among the Chinese childless population: a national survey study
Catergorical variables | Without fertility intentions group (%) | High fertility intentions group (%) | χ2 | p | Without fertility intentions group (%) | Above medium fertility intentions group (%) | χ2 | p |
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Gender | 217.500 | 0.000 | 175.611 | 0.000 | ||||
Male | 478 (48.93%) | 499 (51.07%) | 478 (19.77%) | 1940 (80.23%) | ||||
Female | 725 (81.64%) | 163 (18.36%) | 725 (37.94%) | 1186 (62.06%) | ||||
Age group | 141.481 | 0.000 | 167.203 | 0.000 | ||||
15–19 | 499 (74.81%) | 168 (25.19%) | 499 (35.95%) | 889 (64.05%) | ||||
20–24 | 400 (70.42%) | 168 (29.58%) | 400 (32.41%) | 834 (67.59%) | ||||
25–29 | 179 (51.00%) | 172 (49.00%) | 179 (18.21%) | 804 (81.79%) | ||||
30–34 | 64 (38.10%) | 104 (61.90%) | 64 (13.94%) | 395 (86.06%) | ||||
35–39 | 20 (35.71%) | 36 (64.29%) | 20 (13.33%) | 130 (86.67%) | ||||
40–49 | 41 (74.55%) | 14 (25.45%) | 41 (35.65%) | 74 (64.35%) | ||||
Education level | 10.174 | 0.006 | 12.585 | 0.002 | ||||
Middle school and below | 35 (53.03%) | 31 (46.97%) | 35 (21.21%) | 130 (78.79%) | ||||
Senior high school and technical secondary school | 348 (69.46%) | 153 (30.54%) | 348 (31.49%) | 757 (68.51%) | ||||
College degree and above | 820 (63.17%) | 478 (36.83%) | 820 (26.81%) | 2239 (73.19%) | ||||
Occupational status | 110.329 | 0.000 | 131.746 | 0.000 | ||||
Employed | 220 (45.55%) | 263 (54.45%) | 220 (16.30%) | 1130 (83.70%) | ||||
Student | 884 (72.46%) | 336 (27.54%) | 884 (33.47%) | 1757 (66.53%) | ||||
Unemployment | 99 (61.11%) | 63 (38.89%) | 99 (29.29%) | 239 (70.71%) | ||||
Household register | 0.763 | 0.382 | 0.439 | 0.508 | ||||
Agricultural | 446 (63.26%) | 259 (36.74%) | 446 (27.21%) | 1193 (72.79%) | ||||
Non-agricultural | 757 (65.26%) | 403 (34.74%) | 757 (28.14%) | 1933 (71.86%) | ||||
Living region | 0.668 | 0.716 | 1.015 | 0.602 | ||||
Eastern region | 442 (63.78%) | 251 (36.22%) | 442 (28.12%) | 1130 (71.88%) | ||||
Central region | 300 (63.83%) | 170 (36.17%) | 300 (28.63%) | 748 (71.37%) | ||||
Western region | 461 (65.67%) | 241 (34.33%) | 461 (26.97%) | 1248 (73.03%) | ||||
Place of residence | 4.037 | 0.045 | 9.320 | 0.002 | ||||
Rural | 335 (68.23%) | 156 (31.77%) | 335 (31.43%) | 731 (68.57%) | ||||
Urban | 868 (63.17%) | 506 (36.83%) | 868 (26.60%) | 2395 (73.40%) | ||||
Marital status | 111.441 | 0.000 | 87.441 | 0.000 | ||||
Unmarried | 1128 (68.61%) | 516 (31.39%) | 1128 (30.18%) | 2610 (69.82%) | ||||
Married | 64 (31.22%) | 141 (68.78%) | 64 (11.39%) | 498 (88.61%) | ||||
Divorced or widowed | 11 (68.75%) | 5 (31.25%) | 11 (37.93%) | 18 (62.07%) | ||||
Per capita monthly income of the household | 5.443 | 0.020 | 20.986 | 0.000 | ||||
≤4000 | 571 (67.33%) | 277 (32.67%) | 571 (31.46%) | 1244 (68.54%) | ||||
>4000 | 632 (62.14%) | 385 (37.86%) | 632 (25.14%) | 1882 (74.86%) | ||||
Whether you have pets at home | 0.870 | 0.351 | 3.335 | 0.068 | ||||
Yes | 292 (66.36%) | 148 (33.64%) | 292 (30.10%) | 678 (69.90%) | ||||
No | 911 (63.93%) | 514 (36.07%) | 911 (27.12%) | 2448 (72.88%) | ||||
Number of siblings | 10.028 | 0.018 | 7.326 | 0.062 | ||||
0 | 563 (65.24%) | 300 (34.76%) | 563 (28.54%) | 1410 (71.46%) | ||||
1 | 415 (67.15%) | 203 (32.85%) | 415 (27.83%) | 1076 (72.17%) | ||||
2 | 124 (55.61%) | 99 (44.39%) | 124 (23.22%) | 410 (76.78%) | ||||
≥3 | 101 (62.73%) | 60 (37.27%) | 101 (30.51%) | 230 (69.49%) | ||||
Number of properties owned | 1858 | 0.602 | 20.294 | 0.000 | ||||
0 | 213 (66.98%) | 105 (33.02%) | 213 (33.54%) | 422 (66.46%) | ||||
1 | 567 (63.35%) | 328 (36.65%) | 567 (25.14%) | 1688 (74.86%) | ||||
2 | 288 (65.75%) | 150 (34.25%) | 288 (29.66%) | 683 (70.34%) | ||||
≥3 | 135 (63.08%) | 79 (36.92%) | 135 (28.85%) | 333 (71.15%) | ||||
Self-efficacy | 38.630 | 0.000 | 48.085 | 0.000 | ||||
Low self-efficacy | 686 (71.16%) | 278 (28.84%) | 686 (32.65%) | 1415 (67.35%) | ||||
High self-efficacy | 517 (57.38%) | 384 (42.62%) | 517 (23.20%) | 1711 (76.80%) | ||||
Family health | 12.669 | 0.002 | 31.428 | 0.000 | ||||
Poor family health | 454 (68.27%) | 211 (31.73%) | 454 (33.41%) | 905 (66.59%) | ||||
Moderate family health | 614 (64.16%) | 343 (35.84%) | 614 (25.02%) | 1840 (74.98%) | ||||
Excellent family health | 135 (55.56%) | 108 (44.44%) | 135 (26.16%) | 381 (73.84%) |