Tibetan women opt for fewer babies

A 49-year-old farmer Zhoi'ma, a mother of eight in Gonggar county in Shannan prefecture, Tibet autonomous region, is worried about her eldest daughter who has reached marriageable age.

"I'm afraid she might follow suit and give birth to many children," she said. "The more children a family has, the heavier the financial burden."

Zhoi'ma's mother had 13 children but five of them died at a very young age because of poverty and poor medical facilities at that time.