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Research on Gender Differences in Fertility Intentions: Based on the Theoretical Perspective of “Work-life Balance”

Authors
Meiduo Zhou1, Xu Zhao1, *, Qinjia Yang1
1School of Public Affairs and Administration, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Sichuan, Chengdu 611731, China
*Corresponding author. Email: 201921160314@std.uestc.edu.cn
Corresponding Author
Xu Zhao
Available Online 23 November 2021.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.211122.130How to use a DOI?
Keywords
fertility intentions; gender differences; work-life balance; fertility policy
Abstract

Based on the database of the “Population Fertility and Public Services” group, firstly investigate the existence of significant differences between male and female fertility intentions through t-tests, and afterwards do the regression analysis by gender through econometric models. At length, the results revealed a significant difference between men’s and women’s fertility intentions(p<0.01**). With overtime hours significantly and positively correlated with fertility intentions for men, and housework hours and caregiving hours significantly and positively correlated with fertility intentions for women. At the individual level, it will lead to “work-life conflict”, but at the family level, this gender-based division of labor will lead to “work-life balance”. In the analysis of career choice, women are more family-oriented in their choice of occupation than men. Nevertheless, this “work-life balance” comes at the expense of women’s development, which will result in lower fertility intentions among younger women and a significant difference with men’s fertility intentions. Therefore, the government should protect the labors’ legitimate rights to have more time to return to the family, especially for men, which will be conducive to improving “work-life balance” and increasing willingness to have children.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Social Science and Higher Education (ICSSHE 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
23 November 2021
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978-94-6239-464-3
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.211122.130How to use a DOI?
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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
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