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

Table 4.

Factors associated with third-child intention.

Have no third-child intention Have third-child intention Unadjusted OR (95% CI) P Adjusted OR (95% CI) P
N = 184 N = 21 No third-child intention vs. have third-child intention No third-child intention vs. have third-child intention
Age, years, women
<35 62 8 Ref 0.700 Ref 0.713
≥35 121 13 1.20 (0.47–3.05) 1.24 (0.39–3.98)
First child's age, years
≤ 2 7 1 0.99 (0.41–2.40) 0.992 0.86 (0.21–3.46) 0.837
3–6 88 11 0.87 (0.10–7.71) 0.62 (0.05–8.63)
≥7 89 12 Ref Ref
The percentage of children expense (%) a
<10 24 5 Ref 0.067 Ref 0.080
10–30 63 11 1.19 (0.38–3.89) 0.54 (0.12–2.53)
≥30 93 5 3.88 (1.04–14.48) 4.34 (0.64–17.54)
Family financial constraints
No 57 15 Ref <0.001 Ref 0.004
Yes 127 6 5.57 (2.06–15.10) 6.18 (1.80–21.22)
Fertility-encouraged government policy
No 135 2 Ref <0.001 Ref <0.001
Yes 49 19 0.04 (0.01–0.17) 0.04 (0.01–0.19)
Children's educational barriers
No 162 19 Ref 0.014 Ref 0.016
Yes 22 2 3.47 (1.29–9.36) 4.93 (1.34–18.14)

aThe percentage of children expense (%) = 100% × Annual two children expense/Annual household income.

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

Pearson's χ2 test.