Taking data from the China Fertility Survey 2017 for nine provinces in southwestern and south-central China,we calculated differences in C-section rates among women of different ages,and with different types of hukou ...Taking data from the China Fertility Survey 2017 for nine provinces in southwestern and south-central China,we calculated differences in C-section rates among women of different ages,and with different types of hukou and different levels of educa-tion.We used the Cox proportional hazards model and a binary logistic regression method to examine the impact of C-section at the first birth on the intention of hav-ing a second child and actually giving birth to a second child under the Universal Two-child Policy.This study comes to the following conclusions:(1)the C-section rate is generally high among women,especially among those who are older,have non-agricultural hukou,or have a junior college or above education level;(2)sim-ilar to the research findings of scholars in other countries,women having C-sec-tion at first birth are 16-20%less likely to have a second child than women having no C-section at first birth;and(3)women having C-section at first birth are less inclined to have a second child.展开更多
文摘Taking data from the China Fertility Survey 2017 for nine provinces in southwestern and south-central China,we calculated differences in C-section rates among women of different ages,and with different types of hukou and different levels of educa-tion.We used the Cox proportional hazards model and a binary logistic regression method to examine the impact of C-section at the first birth on the intention of hav-ing a second child and actually giving birth to a second child under the Universal Two-child Policy.This study comes to the following conclusions:(1)the C-section rate is generally high among women,especially among those who are older,have non-agricultural hukou,or have a junior college or above education level;(2)sim-ilar to the research findings of scholars in other countries,women having C-sec-tion at first birth are 16-20%less likely to have a second child than women having no C-section at first birth;and(3)women having C-section at first birth are less inclined to have a second child.
