In:
Family Relations, Wiley, Vol. 71, No. 2 ( 2022-04), p. 494-512
Abstract:
This study aims to understand intentions to have more children among reproductive‐age Chinese women who currently have had one child with the goal of understanding the factors influencing Chinese women's fertility intention 2 years after implementation of the universal two‐child policy. Background On January 1, 2016, the national one‐child policy formally ended in China. Do Chinese women desire to have more than one child? This study brings feminist insight into the Chinese contexts of economic development and patrilocal cultural tradition. Method This study used nationally representative data ( n = 65,355) from the 2017 China Fertility Survey. Logistic regression was used to explore the determinants of the intention of having more children. Results Findings reveal that women from one‐child families are least likely to want additional children. Women's higher income is negatively related to the desire to have more children. Rural residence and having a female firstborn child are correlated with a greater likelihood of desiring additional children. Implications Authoritative social policies may have changed fertility behaviors for a generation of Chinese families, but removing restrictive fertility policies may not bring about higher fertility rates. New family size norms and family‐friendly social policies may be needed to facilitate higher fertility rates in China.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0197-6664
,
1741-3729
Language:
English
Publisher:
Wiley
Publication Date:
2022
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2026606-6
SSG:
5,2
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