Most couples don’t want a second child
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ABOUT 53.3 percent of one-child families do not want a second child, according to a survey released by the All-China Women’s Federation yesterday.
The survey, conducted jointly with Beijing Normal University’s National Innovation Center for Assessment of Basic Education Quality, interviewed 10,000 families with children under 15 in 10 provincial-level regions.
The key factor for most parents considering a second child is quality of public services — including kindergartens and schools — quality of baby products, living environment and access to medical treatment, the survey said.
Other major considerations include if the mother has the stamina to cope with a second child, the family’s social and economic condition and whether someone will help take care the baby before they are old enough to go to kindergarten.
The survey also found more than half of two-child families are confused about nurturing their children, including how to establish and maintain close relations with them and how to deal with problems between them.
Due to financial strain, many families do not dare or want to have a second child.
Since January 1, China has allowed married couples to have two children. This follows an earlier easing of the one-child policy in 2013 that allowed couples to have a second child if either parent was an only child.
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