The prevalence of barriers to rearing children aged 0-3 years following China's new three-child policy: a national cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To further optimize birth policy, China implemented a new three-child policy to allow per couple to have up to three children on May 31, 2021.

Methods

A national cross-sectional survey was conducted among 18 to 49-year-old Chinese parents who had at least one child in June 2021. We calculated the prevalence of self-reported childrearing barriers and used univariate logistic regression and multivariate logistic regression to analyze associated factors.

Results

94.7% of the respondents self-reported barriers to rearing children aged 0-3 years, and the biggest barrier included high time cost (39.3%), high parenting cost (36.5%) and high education cost (13.5%). Women (aOR 1.49, 95%CI 1.13,1.96) and people with college degree or above (aOR 3.46, 95%CI 2.08, 5.75

SUBMITTER: Kang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8917473 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature