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Table 6 The trend of SRB in urban and rural hospitals at the three stages of Two-Child Policy (22 hospitals in Hebei Province of China, 2013–2017)

From: How does the two-child policy affect the sex ratio at birth in China? A cross-sectional study

SRB in subgroup

BTCP

OTCP

UTCP

P

 Urban (SRB)

1.053

1.028

1.045

0.78

 Rural (SRB)

1.110

1.070

1.045

< 0.01

Unadjusted OR (95% CI)

 Urban

1.00

0.97(0.95–1.00)

0.99(0.97–1.02)

0.08

 Rural

1.00

0.97(0.94–0.99)

0.94(0.92–0.97)

< 0.01

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

 Urban

1.00

0.97(0.94–0.99)

0.983(0.96–1.01)

0.13

 Rural

1.00

0.96(0.94–0.99)

0.934(0.91–0.96)

< 0.01

  1. BTCP: Both the husband and wife of one couple were the only child of their parents, the couple were allowed to have Two Children in Policy (January 1, 2013 - May 29, 2014); OTCP: Only the husband or wife of one couple was the only child of their parents, the couple were allowed to have Two Children in Policy (May 30, 2014 - December 31, 2015); UTCP: the Universal Two-Child Policy, every couple were allowed to have two children (January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2017). SRB: Sex Ratio at Birth (n (male) / n (female)); OR Odds Ratio; 95% CI: 95% Confidence Intervals
  2. A chi-square test was used in the SRB at the three Two-Child Policy stages. BTCP acted as a control, univariate logistic regression was used to examine the strength of association between the SRB and the Two-Child Policy, and was showed in Unadjusted OR (95% CI); After adjusting the factors such as maternal age, delivery mode, parity, education, multivariate logistic regression analysis was used, and was showed in Adjusted OR (95% CI)