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. 2022 Jun 9;10:879672. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.879672

Table 3.

Factors associated with second-child intention.

Have no second-child intention Have second-child intention Unadjusted OR (95% CI) P Adjusted OR (95% CI) P
N = 540 N = 130 No second-child intention vs. have second-child intention No second-child intention vs. have second-child intention
Age, years, women
<35 267 85 Ref 0.002 Ref 0.002
≥35 273 45 1.86 (1.27–2.77) 1.92 (1.27–2.91)
First child's age, years
≤ 2 84 30 1.41 (0.52–3.80) 0.023 1.97 (0.70–5.52) 0.017
3–6 371 90 2.40 (0.94–6.10) 3.12 (1.19–8.17)
≥7 56 7 Ref Ref
The percentage of child-related expense (%) a
<10 370 105 Ref 0.054 Ref 0.117
10–30 118 15 1.47 (0.91–2.37) 1.26 (0.77–2.07)
≥30 32 3 2.86 (1.17–6.95) 2.62 (1.05–6.53)
Fertility-encouraged government policy
No 448 97 Ref 0.053 Ref 0.039
Yes 88 33 0.58 (0.37–0.91) 0.61 (0.38–0.98)
Children's educational barriers
No 172 60 Ref 0.003 Ref 0.038
Yes 364 70 1.81 (1.23–2.68) 1.55 (1.03–2.33)

aThe percentage of child expense (%) = 100% × Annual child-related expense/Annual household income.

The sum does not necessarily equal the sample size for all variables because of missing data.

Pearson's χ2 test.