The Relationship between Family-friendly Policy and Intention of Childbirth
AUTHORS
Jun Su Kim,Doctor, Dept. of Social Welfare, Chonbuk National University, Korea
Yeong Hun Yeo,Associate Professor, Dept. of Social Welfare, Chonbuk National University, Korea
ABSTRACT
Low fertility is a new social risk that causes changes in the demographic structure and role of social institutions. The causes of low fertility have been important topic in social studies and researchers have been approached to the topic in various aspects such as socio - environmental factors and personal environmental factors, and the government 's efforts, especially to the family - friendly policy. However, the studies on low fertility focusing on the joint relationship among personal, social aspects, and government efforts are still rare. This study aims to investigate the relationship between the causes of low fertility and the additional birth intentions, focusing on socio-environmental factors and personal environmental factors. To do this, we conducted a survey of 401 women aged 19 to 45 living in Jeonbuk province. The structural equation modeling was utilized to analyze the relationship between social environment factors such as family - friendly system, family life satisfaction, husband 's parenting participation, parenting stress, personal environmental factors and additional birth intention. The results showed that socio - environmental factors had no direct effect on additional birth intentions, but socio-environmental factors influenced birth intentions through individual environmental factors.
KEYWORDS
Low fertility, Family-friendly policy, Intentions of childbirth, Family life satisfaction, Gender equality
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