THE STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF THE VALUE OF CHILDREN ON FERTILITY EXPECTATION

Autor: Tien-Tun Yang, 楊天盾
Rok vydání: 2008
Druh dokumentu: 學位論文 ; thesis
Popis: 96
The study is for the purpose of discussing the value of children to influence fertility expectation. It takes inhabitants in Taiwan south region as the objects of the study, which the near for ten years the birth rate lowest region in Taiwan. Quota sampling is used in the study with 489 eligible questionnaires in total from Chiayi County, Chiayi City, Tainan County, Tainan City, Kaohsiung County, Kaohsiung City and Pingtung County. The instruments used for data collection and analysis are the value of children scale(the value of having children), the value of children scale(the cost of having children) and demographic information. All statistics are computed by Statistical Package for Social Science(SPSS12.0). Descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Person’s product-moment correlation and multiple regression are utilized to evaluate and analyze between factors. The results indicated as follows: A.The discussing for the value of children: 1.The value of having children （1）According to the sample in Taiwan south region, “Power, Influence and Effectance”,“Primary group ties, affiliation”,“Stimulation, Novelty and Fun”and“Morality”is significantly higher than theoretical midpoint. （2）According to the sample in Taiwan south region, compared with female inhabitants, males significantly recognize that to have children is for the purpose of “Economic utility”,“Social, Comparison and Competition”,“Life Continue”and “Creativity, Accomplishment and Competence”. （3）According to the sample in Taiwan south region, the order more recognize to have children for the purpose of “Stimulation, Novelty and Fun”,“Primary group ties, affiliation”, “Morality”and “Life Continue”than the younger；the younger more recognize to have children for the purpose of“Economic utility”,“Social, Comparison and Competition”and “Creativity, Accomplishment and Competence”than the order. （4）According to the sample in Taiwan south region, this is a significant discrepancy for inhabitants who have different career status between“Economic utility”,“Social, Comparison and Competition”, “Primary group ties, affiliation”and “Creativity, Accomplishment and Competence”. （5）According to the sample in Taiwan south region, this is a significant discrepancy for inhabitants who have different personal month incomes on the value of having children. （6）According to the sample in Taiwan south region, this is a significant discrepancy for inhabitants who have different levels of education on “Primary group ties, affiliation”. （7）According to the sample in Taiwan south region, this is a significant discrepancy for inhabitants who have different religious beliefs between “Stimulation, Novelty and Fun”, “Economic utility”,“Social, Comparison and Competition”, “Primary group ties, affiliation”, “Morality”and“Creativity, Accomplishment and Competence”. （8）According to the sample in Taiwan south region, this is a significant discrepancy for inhabitants who live in different city between “Stimulation, Novelty and Fun”and “Morality”. （9）According to the sample in Taiwan south region, this is a significant discrepancy for inhabitants who are different ethnic between “Power, Influence and Effectance”and “Creativity, Accomplishment and Competence”. （10）According to the sample in Taiwan south region, married inhabitants significantly more recognize that to have children is for the purpose of “Stimulation, Novelty and Fun”, “Primary group ties, affiliation”and “Morality”than unmarried；unmarried inhabitants significantly more recognize that to have children is for the purpose of “Economic utility”and “Creativity, Accomplishment and Competence”than married. 2.The cost of having children （1）According to the sample in Taiwan south region, “Responsibility over children’s education” and “Lose personal freedom” is significantly higher than theoretical midpoint. （2）According to the sample in Taiwan south region, compared with female inhabitants, males significantly recognize that the cost to have children is “Burden of growth”. （3）According to the sample in Taiwan south region, the order not more recognize the cost of having children than the younger. （4）According to the sample in Taiwan south region, this is a significant discrepancy for inhabitants who have different career status between “Responsibility over children’s education”and “Burden of growth”； this is a significant discrepancy for inhabitants who have different personal month incomes between “Responsibility over children’s education” and “Lose personal freedom”； this is a significant discrepancy for inhabitants who have different levels of education between “Lose personal freedom” and the cost of having children scale. （5）According to the sample in Taiwan south region, between “Responsibility over children’s education”, “Burden of growth”, “Lose personal freedom” and the cost of having children scale, there are significant discrepancies for inhabitants who live in different city and who have different religious beliefs. （6）According to the sample in Taiwan south region, unmarried inhabitants significantly more recognize that the cost of having children than married. B.The discussing for fertility expectation: 1.According to the sample in Taiwan south region, inhabitants expect to give birth to two children in the main. 2.According to the sample in Taiwan south region, female inhabitants have a little higher fertility expectation than males. 3.According to the sample in Taiwan south region, the order have higher fertility expectation than the younger. 4.According to the sample in Taiwan south region, there are significant discrepancies for inhabitants who have different career status, different personal month incomes, different religious beliefs, different marital status and are different ethnic on fertility expectation. 5.According to the sample in Taiwan south region, inhabitants recognize more the value of having children, the larger ideal number of children they expected to have. Inhabitants region recognize more the cost of having children, the smaller ideal number of children they expected to have. 6.According to the sample in Taiwan south region, inhabitants who more recognized “Morality” as the value of having children expect to have larger ideal number of children.
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