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Table 2 Weighted Distributions of the Study Sample

From: Third-child fertility intention and its socioeconomic factors among women aged 20–34 years in China

 

All

Third-child fertility intention

Difference test

No

Yes

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

N

61,588

58,656

2932

 

%

   

\({\chi }^{2}\)test

Marital status

   

537.115***

 Married

60.75

59.83

83.46

 

 Unmarried

39.25

40.17

16.54

 

Ethnicity

   

718.225***

 Ethnic minority

11.87

11.17

29.26

 

 Han ethnic group

88.13

88.83

70.74

 

Migration status

   

157.445***

 Migrant population

20.55

20.96

10.38

 

 Non-migrant population

79.45

79.04

89.62

 

Residence area

   

659.325***

 Rural

49.79

48.75

75.55

 

 Urban

50.21

51.25

24.45

 

Education level

   

1300.131***

 Primary school and below

7.51

6.94

21.58

 

 Junior secondary school

32.35

3.17

48.41

 

 Senior or technical secondary school

20.86

21.03

16.72

 

 College and above

39.28

40.33

13.33

 

Spouse’s education levela

   

1149.076***

 Elementary school and below

4.91

4.58

13.02

 

 Junior high school

27.08

26.28

4.69

 

 Senior or technical secondary school

12.86

12.73

16.03

 

 College and above

55.15

56.41

24.05

 

Employment status

   

957.701***

 Agricultural employment

14.98

14.35

30.62

 

 Non-agricultural employment

51.02

51.97

27.43

 

 Homemaking

21.21

20.66

34.86

 

 Others

12.79

13.02

7.09

 

Spouse’s employment statusa

   

810.270***

 Agricultural employment

11.05

10.42

26.57

 

 Non-agricultural employment

45.27

45.07

50.08

 

 Homemaking

0.38

0.37

0.77

 

 Others

43.30

44.14

43.30

 

Homeownership

   

844.489***

 Rented

27.29

27.76

15.62

 

 Self-built

45.25

44.09

74.05

 

 Purchased

27.46

28.15

10.33

 

Annual individual incomeb

   

709.938***

 10,000 yuan and below

24.92

23.80

55.40

 

 10,001–25,000 yuan

23.08

23.28

17.45

 

 25,001–40,000 yuan

27.06

27.51

14.60

 

 Above 40,000 yuan

24.95

25.40

12.56

 

Occupation typeb

   

1073.301***

 Agricultural production and related industry personnel

18.02

16.79

51.95

 

 Clerks and related personnel

14.46

14.82

4.48

 

 Business and service personnel

37.59

38.00

26.24

 

 Production and transportation equipment operators

9.90

9.95

8.43

 

 Professional and technical personnel

17.25

17.59

7.93

 

 In charge of state agencies, enterprises, and institutions

2.79

2.85

0.98

 

Having a sonc

   

292.871***

 No

32.31

31.39

47.93

 

 Yes

67.69

68.61

52.07

 

Received free folic acidd

    

 No

45.08

45.45

40.13

6.092**

 Yes

54.92

54.55

59.87

 

Mean (s.d.)

   

t-test

Age

29.62 (3.33)

29.68 (3.31)

28.62 (3.55)

0.42***

Spouse’s agea

31.83 (4.41)

31.88 (4.40)

30.93 (4.48)

1.06***

Number of siblings

2.10 (1.03)

2.07 (1.00)

2.69 (1.33)

-0.75***

Proportion of reimbursement

of childbirth costsd

38.97 (28.56)

38.65 (28.38)

43.19 (30.51)

-0.037***

Actual cost of childcare servicese

18.41 (21.49)

18.26 (21.04)

20.84 (27.73)

-0.022***

Acceptable cost of childcare servicese

15.35 (16.40)

15.24 (16.02)

17.08 (21.71)

-0.008**

  1. Notes: *P < 0.10, **P < 0.05, ***P < 0.01. a Spouse’s age, education level, and employment status are only for the 47,640 married women. b Annual individual income and occupation type are only for the 38,342 women in the labor force. c Having a son is only for the 44,450 women with children. d Received free folic acid and proportion of reimbursement of childbirth costs are only for the 8,042 women with a child under 1 year old. e Actual cost of childcare services and acceptable cost of childcare services are only for the 33,347 women with a child under 6 years old