Table 4.

Percentage distribution by preferred parity by actual and policy parity categories. Shanghai 18–49 married women and men with at least one child. SSNS 2008

Preferred parity in the absence of policy	Parity 1, policy 1	Parity 2, policy 2	Parity 2, policy 1	Parity 1, policy 2	Parity 3	Total
1	80.2			66.1		66.5
2	19.8	92.7	95.1	33.9		31.5
3	0.0	7.3	4.9		100.0	2.0
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
N	821	85	43	146	10	1,105
Counts	140,713	18,119	8,340	31,532	2,315	201,019

Unweighted cell sizes exclude 12 “don’t know” cases on policy parity with at least one child. All percentages reflect sampling weights. Unweighted cell sizes (N) are provided in parenthesis. Weighted cell sizes (population counts) are provided for column totals.