title: Socioeconomic status and fertility intentions among Chinese women with one child.
abstract: There has been a lack of socioeconomic status (SES) disparity analysis on women in China with only one child, the family planning target population. In 2008, the National Research Institute for Family Planning of China conducted a study investigating the relationship between SES and fertility intentions among 17,093 women in China who already had one child. A questionnaire was used to collect information on SES and fertility intentions, and logistic regression models were used to estimate the odds ratios and 95% CIs of fertility intentions according to SES. Compared with female farmers, women in other occupations intended to have fewer children (p < 0.05). Additionally, compared with women with low educational level (illiterate/primary), women with secondary and postsecondary education intended to have fewer children (p < 0.05) (OR = 0.70; 95% CI: 0.61-0.81 and OR = 0.56; 95% CI 0.47-0.66). A mother's education level was significantly and negatively associated with fertility intentions after adjustment for potential confounders (p < 0.05). Among Chinese women who had one child, the women with higher SES (e.g. higher educational level) had lower fertility intentions. There is an SES disparity in the fertility intention among Chinese women who already have one child. China's policy-makers should consider increasing high SES women's fertility intention.
authors.affiliation: a Center for Science Communication and Health Education Management , National Research Institute for Family Planning , Beijing , China ;
authors.forename: Yumei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.affiliation: b Ningxia Autonomous Region Department of Public Health , Yinchuan , Ningxia , China ;
authors.forename: Jingqin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.affiliation: c Department of Epidemiology , School of Public Health and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Medical College of Soochow University , Suzhou , China ;|d Department of Epidemiology , School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University , New Orleans , LA , USA ;
authors.forename: Tan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: e Longquanyi District First Hospital in Chengdu City , Chengdu , Sichuan Province , China ;
authors.forename: Mei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: f Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention , Hangzhou , Zhejiang , China ;
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.affiliation: g University of Arkansas at Little Rock , Little Rock , AR , USA ;
authors.forename: Donovan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Connor
authors.affiliation: h School of Food Science, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University , Zhongshan , China ;
authors.forename: Yongqing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: h School of Food Science, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University , Zhongshan , China ;|i School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University , New Orleans , LA , USA ;
authors.forename: Wenjie
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: j Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore , Singapore ;
authors.forename: Nivedita
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shankar
authors.affiliation: k The Institute of Environmental and Human Health, Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center , Lubbock , TX 79416 ;
authors.forename: Chuanwen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: l Infocast Company, Kowloon , Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003148:Communism; D015986:Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic; D004522:Educational Status; D005191:Family Characteristics / Q000208:ethnology; D016656:Family Planning Policy; D005193:Family Planning Services / Q000191:economics; D000067565:Farmers; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D009790:Occupations / Q000191:economics; D010298:Parity; D043762:Reproductive Behavior / Q000208:ethnology; D057566:Self Report; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: China; Fertility intentions; Socioeconomic status