Table 5.
χ2 test and ANOVA results (N = 484)
| Factors of college students | Fertility intention | X2/F | P | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 or more | Indifferent | |||||||
| Age | 20.0 ± 1.5 | 21.1 ± 2.2 | 21.0 ± 2.2 | 20.6 ± 1.8 | 5.442 | 0.001 | ||||
| Expected reproductive age | 30.9 ± 3.5 | 29.5 ± 4.7 | 28.4 ± 2.3 | 29.3 ± 2.4 | 10.487 | <0.001 | ||||
| Gender | 14.175 | 0.003 | ||||||||
| Male | 10 | 5.60% | 22 | 12.30% | 82 | 45.80% | 65 | 36.30% | ||
| Female | 44 | 14.40% | 53 | 17.40% | 103 | 33.80% | 105 | 34.40% | ||
| Household registration | 11.832 | 0.008 | ||||||||
| Urban | 31 | 14.20% | 38 | 17.40% | 66 | 30.30% | 83 | 38.10% | ||
| Rural | 23 | 8.60% | 37 | 13.90% | 119 | 44.70% | 87 | 32.70% | ||
| Reproductive sex preference | 170.898 | <0.001 | ||||||||
| Male | 2 | 22.20% | 4 | 44.40% | 2 | 22.20% | 1 | 11.10% | ||
| Female | 5 | 15.60% | 11 | 34.40% | 12 | 37.50% | 4 | 12.50% | ||
| Both male and female | 3 | 2.20% | 7 | 5.10% | 110 | 80.30% | 17 | 12.40% | ||
| No preference | 44 | 14.40% | 53 | 17.30% | 61 | 19.90% | 148 | 48.40% | ||
| Grade level | 33.14 | <0.001 | ||||||||
| Freshman | 39 | 19.10% | 29 | 14.20% | 86 | 42.20% | 50 | 24.50% | ||
| Sophomore and above | 15 | 5.40% | 46 | 16.40% | 99 | 35.40% | 120 | 42.90% | ||
| Marriage and childbearing view | 4.215 | 0.239 | ||||||||
| Type of continuum | 2 | 3.40% | 11 | 19.00% | 24 | 41.40% | 21 | 36.20% | ||
| Type of fracture | 52 | 12.20% | 64 | 15.00% | 161 | 37.80% | 149 | 35.00% | ||
| College student living expenses | 31.637 | <0.001 | ||||||||
| < 1000¥ | 5 | 7.20% | 6 | 8.70% | 44 | 63.80% | 14 | 20.30% | ||
| 1000–2000 ¥ | 40 | 10.50% | 65 | 17.10% | 135 | 35.50% | 140 | 36.80% | ||
| > 2000¥ | 9 | 25.70% | 4 | 11.40% | 6 | 17.10% | 16 | 45.70% | ||
| Parental factors | ||||||||||
| Age | 48.54 ± 4.63 | 48.5 ± 4.6 | 48.4 ± 4.0 | 47.1 ± 3.8 | 3.85 | 0.01 | ||||
| Expected reproductive age | 27.5 ± 2.1 | 27.8 ± 2.2 | 27.3 ± 2.1 | 28.1 ± 2.5 | 3.962 | 0.008 | ||||
| Gender | 5.297 | 0.151 | ||||||||
| Male | 28 | 12.40% | 26 | 11.60% | 88 | 39.10% | 83 | 36.90% | ||
| Female | 26 | 10.00% | 49 | 18.90% | 97 | 37.50% | 87 | 33.60% | ||
| Level of education | 20.424 | 0.015 | ||||||||
| Primary school and below | 9 | 7.00% | 24 | 18.80% | 61 | 47.70% | 34 | 26.60% | ||
| Junior high school | 16 | 9.00% | 24 | 13.50% | 60 | 33.70% | 78 | 43.80% | ||
| High school or technical school | 12 | 14.50% | 11 | 13.30% | 31 | 37.30% | 29 | 34.90% | ||
| Bachelor degree or above | 17 | 17.90% | 16 | 16.80% | 33 | 34.70% | 29 | 30.50% | ||
| Career | 42.542 | < 0.001 | ||||||||
| Farmer | 14 | 8.90% | 22 | 13.90% | 76 | 48.10% | 46 | 29.10% | ||
| Worker | 11 | 11.20% | 14 | 14.30% | 28 | 28.60% | 45 | 45.90% | ||
| Within the government system | 8 | 12.50% | 15 | 23.40% | 25 | 39.10% | 16 | 25.00% | ||
| Businessman or private industry | 9 | 10.70% | 10 | 11.90% | 18 | 21.40% | 47 | 56.00% | ||
| Service industry and others | 12 | 15.00% | 14 | 17.50% | 38 | 47.50% | 16 | 20.00% | ||
| Monthly income | 9.362 | 0.405 | ||||||||
| < 2000¥ | 10 | 11.60% | 15 | 17.40% | 40 | 46.50% | 21 | 24.40% | ||
| 2000ཞ5000¥ | 23 | 11.40% | 32 | 15.80% | 72 | 35.60% | 75 | 37.10% | ||
| 5000ཞ10000¥ | 18 | 10.50% | 25 | 14.60% | 60 | 35.10% | 68 | 39.80% | ||
| >10,000¥ | 3 | 12.00% | 3 | 12.00% | 13 | 52.00% | 6 | 24.00% | ||
| Marriage and childbearing view | 7.975 | 0.047 | ||||||||
| Type of continuum | 21 | 8.20% | 34 | 13.30% | 104 | 40.60% | 97 | 37.90% | ||
| Type of fracture | 33 | 14.50% | 41 | 18.00% | 81 | 35.50% | 73 | 32.00% | ||
| Reproductive sex preference | 76.231 | < 0.001 | ||||||||
| Male | 6 | 21.40% | 7 | 25.00% | 11 | 39.30% | 4 | 14.30% | ||
| Female | 4 | 28.60% | 4 | 28.60% | 5 | 35.70% | 1 | 7.10% | ||
| Both male and female | 17 | 8.40% | 23 | 11.40% | 115 | 56.90% | 47 | 23.30% | ||
| No preference | 27 | 11.30% | 41 | 17.10% | 54 | 22.50% | 118 | 49.20% | ||
| Fertility intention (Number) | 3.453 | 0.063 | ||||||||
| 0 | 3 | 60.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 40.00% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| 1 | 4 | 10.30% | 22 | 56.40% | 8 | 20.50% | 5 | 12.80% | ||
| 2 or more | 25 | 10.60% | 27 | 11.50% | 138 | 58.70% | 45 | 19.10% | ||
| Indifferent | 22 | 10.70% | 26 | 12.70% | 37 | 18.00% | 120 | 58.50% | ||
| Family functioning | ||||||||||
| Two classification of LPA | 36.463 | < 0.001 | ||||||||
| Low Functioning | 35 | 12.70% | 47 | 17.00% | 128 | 46.40% | 66 | 23.90% | ||
| High Functioning | 19 | 9.10% | 28 | 13.50% | 57 | 27.40% | 104 | 50.00% | ||