Table 9.

Percent with one child giving selected reasons for wanting an additional child by policy parity. Shanghai 18–49 married women and men with one child who would have an additional child in the event of policy relaxation, SSNS 2008

	Policy parity 1	Policy parity 2	Total
I can afford it	11.4	13.9	12.1
My personal work situation allows it	2.9	2.9	2.9
We have enough space at home	8.7	5.2	7.7
I am in good health	10.7	16.5	12.3
I have a good marriage	9.5	10.4	9.7
Children bring happiness	10.8	11.1	10.9
I have help at home	4.1	5.3	4.4
Children provide security in old age	17.8	9.3	15.4
To give my child a playmate	52.6	34.5	47.5
To achieve gender balance	14.0	6.7	12.0
To carry on the family line	5.2	4.6	5.0
N	159	47	206

All percentages reflect sampling weights but their denominators (N’s) are the unweighted cell sizes.