Individual differences in relative fertility costs and fertility benefits and their effects on fertility desire for a second child in China: A latent profile analysis
Reproductive Health Jul 24, 2019
Chen SM, et al. - Since the implementation of the two-child policy in China, fertility desire for a second child has been a lively topic. Researchers sought for the individual differences in the relative fertility costs and fertility benefits and their effects on fertility desire for a second child among a total of 396 participants. Four kinds of relative fertility costs, four kinds of fertility benefits and their fertility desire for a second child were rated by the participants. As per stepwise regression analysis, the fertility desire for the second child could be significantly predicted via determining parenting joy, health risks, mutual care among siblings, the flourishing of family, and time pressure and opportunity cost. Classifying participants into four classes according to the latent profile analysis, they identified low fertility desire for a second child among participants in the lowest-cost/lowest-benefit and high-cost/medium-benefit classes, while high fertility desire was noted among those in the low-cost/high-benefit and highest-cost/highest-benefit classes. These findings suggest a stronger effect of fertility benefits on the fertility desire for a second child than relative fertility costs and hence they recommend paying more attention to fertility benefits than relative fertility costs.
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