Non-farm employment impacts on fertility

Beijing - The number of rural Chinese women's children could be reduced by 0.64 when they are no longer employed in agriculture, a new study showed.

And, her probability of having more than one child also decreased by 54.8 percent.

A paper entitled "Female Employment and Fertility in Rural China" found that non-farm employment reduces fertility for rural Chinese women. The findings were based on data collected from 2,288 married women from the 2006 China Health and Nutrition Survey.