Fertility intention and its affecting factors in China: A national cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Low fertility rate has become an inevitable problem globally. Although current policies have a certain effect on promoting fertility and raising the birth rate, the overall effect is not obvious to meet the need. Therefore, the exploration of fertility intention and its affecting factors is extremely significant.

Methods

This study collected demographic data and the intention of respondents to have a second children, which focused on the factors that could affect fertility issues. 11,031 respondents were divided into non-fertile group (n = 5062) and fertile group (n = 5969) according to whether they had children or not, and the fertility group (n = 5969) were divided into group with 1-2 children (n = 5293) and group with ≥3 children (n = 676) according to the nu

SUBMITTER: Xiang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9939585 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature