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Table 1 The sociodemographic characteristics and barriers to rearing children aged 0–3 years among our study population

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

Sociodemographic characteristics

Number (n)

Proportion (%)

Proportion of people who have a barrier (%(n))

cOR (95%CI)

aOR (95%CI)

Total

4406

100

94.7 (4173)

  

Sex

 Male

1853

42.1

93.6 (1735)

1

1

 Female

2553

57.9

95.5 (2438)

1.44 (1.11, 1.88) *

1.49 (1.13, 1.96) *

Ethnicity

 Han

4197

95.3

94.8 (3978)

1

1

 Other

209

4.7

93.3 (195)

0.77 (0.45, 1.40)

0.91 (0.50, 1.62)

Age

 18–24 years

125

2.8

94.4 (118)

1

1

 25–29 years

818

18.6

95.5 (781)

1.25 (0.50, 2.71)

0.99 (0.42, 2.30)

 30–34 years

1520

34.5

96.0 (1459)

1.42 (0.58, 2.97)

1.19 (0.52, 2.71)

 35–39 years

905

20.5

95.2 (862)

1.19 (0.48, 2.54)

1.14 (0.49, 2.66)

 40–49 years

1038

23.6

91.8 (953)

0.67 (0.27, 1.37)

0.81 (0.36, 1.83)

Residence

 Rural

1518

34.5

93.7 (1422)

1

1

 Urban

2888

65.5

95.3 (2751)

1.36 (1.03, 1.77) *

0.79 (0.55, 1.12)

Educational level

 Junior high school or below

462

10.5

89.0 (411)

1

1

 Senior high school

819

18.6

91.9 (753)

1.42 (0.96, 2.08)

1.36 (0.89, 2.07)

 College or higher

3125

70.9

96.3 (3009)

3.22 (2.26, 4.52) *

3.46 (2.08, 5.75) *

Annual household income (CNY)

  < 30,000

658

14.9

91.8 (604)

1

1

 30,000–80,000

1013

23.0

94.9 (961)

1.65 (1.11, 2.45) *

1.37 (0.91, 2.06)

 80,000–120,000

967

21.9

96.6 (934)

2.53 (1.63, 3.98) *

1.42 (0.88, 2.31)

  > 120,000

1768

40.1

94.7 (1674)

1.59 (1.12, 2.24) *

0.67 (0.43, 1.03)

Number of children

 1

3036

68.9

95.5 (2899)

1

1

  ≥ 2

1370

31.1

93.0 (1274)

0.63 (0.48, 0.82) *

0.89 (0.66, 1.21)

Region

     

 Eastern

2558

58.1

95.2 (2436)

1

1

 Central

923

20.9

94.0 (868)

0.79 (0.57, 1.10)

0.85 (0.61, 1.20)

 Western

925

21.0

93.9 (869)

0.78 (0.56, 1.08)

0.89 (0.63, 1.26)

Occupation

 Factory worker

349

7.9

94.6 (330)

1

1

 Farmer

318

7.2

87.7 (279)

0.41 (0.23, 0.72) *

0.48 (0.26, 0.87) *

 Clerk

322

7.3

92.5 (298)

0.71 (0.38, 1.33)

0.58 (0.31, 1.11)

 Public servant

1017

23.1

94.1 (957)

0.92 (0.53, 1.53)

0.58 (0.32, 1.04)

 Employee

2083

47.3

96.6 (2012)

1.63 (0.95, 2.69)

1.03 (0.58, 1.84)

 Other (including student)

317

7.2

93.7 (297)

0.85 (0.44, 1.64)

0.69 (0.36, 1.35)

  1. cOR crude odd ratio, aOR adjusted odd ratio, CNY Chinese yuan, CI confidence interval
  2. * indicates significant at p-value < 0.05