The Research on Fertility Desire and Change of Only Children Parents

Abstract:
The essay uses the data from the survey on fertility desire and change of only children parents, DongCheng District, Beijing in 2006 and 2011 to analyze the fertility desire and change of only children parents. Furthermore, in the essay, consistency degree is compared between the influences that only children parents personal features have on the ideal number of children and the fertility desire of only children and their parents. In the end, the writer deems the ideal number of children is still mainly one, but the desire that parents want two children is a little bit growing. And there is not obvious preference in gender. To a certain degree, the fertility desire of this group has changed. Otherwise, only mother’s education degree has influence on ideal number of children. The fertility desire of parents and children has higher uniformity. The fertility desire exists generation influence.
Key words: only children parents, fertility desire, transition research