Second child bearing desire and influencing factors among people of reproductive age in Keqiao District / 预防医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To learn the second child bearing desire and its influencing factors among people of reproductive age and to provide reference for the newborn population prediction, effective population policy promotion and health-care resource allocation. Methods The married people at the age of 20 to 49 years in Keqiao District from April to June in 2017 were selected by the multi-stage random sampling method. A face-to-face questionnaire survey was used to investigate the second child bearing desire. Logistic regression model was used to analyze the influencing factors for the second child bearing desire. Results A total of 655 questionnaires were issued, with 612 valid (93.43%) . Among the 612 respondents, 386 were willing to bear the second child and the rate was 63.07% . The results of the logistic regression analysis showed that age between 30 and 40 years old (OR=2.073-2.131, all P ＜0.05) , engaged in workers, farmers, household/unemployed and self-employed/business (OR=1.816-4.543, all P＜0.05) , respondents were not only children (OR=2.200, P＜0.05) , couples both were not only children (OR=2.119, P＜0.05) and the first child was a girl were the promotive factors for having the second child; higher education level (OR=0.203-0.505, all P＜0.05), the average working time was 8 h (OR=0.556, P＜0.05), and the marriage age was more than 25 years old (OR=0.172-0.349, all P ＜ 0.05) were obstructive factors for having the second child. Conclusion The people of reproductive age in Keqiao are more willing to bear second child. Age, education level, occupation, daily work time, the only child or not, family structure, marriage age and gender of the first child are associated with the second child bearing desire.