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Table 2 Preferred and actual fertility in China, by woman’s employment status, 2006

From: Jobs and kids: female employment and fertility in China

Preferred number of children

Not employed

Employed

Frequency

Percent

Frequency

Percent

0

51

3.369

31

3.686

1

502

33.157

524

62.307

2

756

49.934

230

27.348

3

172

11.361

51

6.064

4

20

1.321

4

0.476

5

11

0.727

0

0.000

6

2

0.132

1

0.119

Total

1514

100.000

841

100.000

Actual number of children

Not employed

Employed

Frequency

Percent

Frequency

Percent

0

67

4.425

57

6.778

1

600

39.630

591

70.273

2

678

44.782

165

19.620

3

143

9.445

24

2.854

4

17

1.123

3

0.357

5

9

0.594

0

0.000

6

0

0.000

1

0.119

Total

1514

100.000

841

100.000