Table 1.
Characteristics of all participants (N = 1308).
| Intention to Have a Third Child | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Total n (%) |
Yes (N = 125) n (%) |
No (N = 1183) n (%) |
X2/H | p Value |
| Gender | 17.477 | 0.000 * | |||
| Male | 421 (32.2) | 61 (48.8) | 360 (30.4) | ||
| Female | 887 (67.8) | 64 (51.2) | 823 (68.6) | ||
| Age | 4.279 | 0.233 | |||
| ≤29 | 121 (9.3) | 17 (13.6) | 104 (8.8) | ||
| 30–34 | 393 (30.0) | 31 (24.8) | 362 (30.6) | ||
| 35–39 | 457 (34.9) | 46 (36.8) | 411 (34.7) | ||
| ≥40 | 337 (25.8) | 31 (24.8) | 306 (25.9) | ||
| Living area | 2.659 | 0.265 | |||
| East China | 207 (15.8) | 26 (20.8) | 181 (15.3) | ||
| Central China | 1026 (78.4) | 93 (74.4) | 933 (78.9) | ||
| West China | 75 (5.8) | 6 (4.8) | 69 (5.8) | ||
| Residence | 0.197 | 0.657 | |||
| City | 984 (75.2) | 92 (73.6) | 892 (75.4) | ||
| Rural | 324 (24.8) | 33 (26.4) | 291 (24.6) | ||
| Education level | 21.690 | 0.000 * | |||
| High school or below | 204 (15.6) | 37 (29.6) | 167 (14.1) | ||
| College | 762 (58.3) | 56 (44.8) | 706 (59.7) | ||
| Master or above | 342 (26.1) | 32 (25.6) | 342 (26.2) | ||
| Employment status | 7.435 | 0.024 * | |||
| Employed | 1035 (79.1) | 90 (72.0) | 945 (79.9) | ||
| Self-employed | 187 (14.3) | 28 (22.4) | 159 (13.4) | ||
| Unemployed | 86 (6.6) | 7 (5.6) | 79 (6.7) | ||
| Income (one person per month) | 1.988 | 0.370 | |||
| <5000 | 262 (20.0) | 31 (24.8) | 231 (19.5) | ||
| 5000–10,000 | 548 (41.9) | 50 (40.0) | 498 (42.1) | ||
| >10,000 | 498 (38.1) | 44 (35.2) | 454 (38.4) | ||
| House ownership | 2.744 | 0.433 | |||
| Tenancy | 135 (10.3) | 18 (14.4) | 117 (9.9) | ||
| Housing with loan | 696 (53.2) | 61 (48.8) | 635 (53.7) | ||
| Housing without loan | 355 (27.1) | 34 (27.2) | 321 (27.1) | ||
| Parents’ house | 122 (9.3) | 12 (9.6) | 110 (9.3) | ||
| Gender of two children | 33.690 | 0.000 * | |||
| 2 males | 285 (21.8) | 18 (14.4) | 267 (22.6) | ||
| 2 females | 288 (22.0) | 53 (42.4) | 235 (19.9) | ||
| 1 male and 1 female | 735 (56.2) | 54 (43.2) | 681 (57.6) | ||
Note: * p < 0.05.