Third-child fertility intention and its socioeconomic factors among women aged 20-34 years in China.

ABSTRACT: The low birth rates and rapid population aging has drawn considerable attention from scholars and policymakers in China and around the world. In 2021, China launched the policy and supportive measures that allow up to 3 children per couple. This study aims to explore the influencing factors of the third-child fertility intention among women aged 20-34 years in China. We draw data from the National Fertility Survey conducted in 2017. The nationally representative survey adopts a stratified, 3-stage, and probabilities proportional to size sampling method. A total of 61,588 valid samples aged 20-34 years old were obtained. Fertility desire and behavior, childbearing and service use, and potential influencing factors of fertility intention such as the history of pregnancy were assessed. In gen

SUBMITTER: Yang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10161537 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature