TITLE:
Factors Influencing Childbearing Intentions among Female Employees of Department M in the Public Sector in China under the “Two-Child” Policy
AUTHORS:
Ximing Yang
KEYWORDS:
Two-Child Policy, Public Sector, Logistic Binary Regression
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Leadership,
Vol.10 No.2,
June
11,
2021
ABSTRACT: Since
China implemented a comprehensive two-child policy in October 2015, it has not
reached the expected peak birth rate. Therefore, birth willingness, determining
factors and policy optimization have become key topics of discussion and
analysis. This study examined the factors influencing childbearing intentions
among female employees of Department M in the Public Sector in China under the
“Two-child” Policy Using a questionnaire survey and interview guide both
capturing three dimensions that are individual basic information, actual
marital status and family structure characteristics, data were collected from
female employees of Department M in the Public Sector in China. Data were
collected from 280 female employees. Logistic binary regression was carried out
for quantitative data using SAS software while qualitative data were analysed
using content analysis. The findings revealed that the influencing factors of
the current female employees’ willingness to bear children in the Department M
were marital factors, birth and support costs, growth environment, family
conditions and external conditions. Therefore, it was concluded that the severe
cost of childbirth and its own development situation will affect the
willingness of female employees to bear children. And the recommendations of
this study are that the government should pay more attention to the fertility
environment of the whole society.