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Table 2 The age-specific effect of female education, workforce experience and birth control policy on fertility

From: The impact of women’s education, workforce experience, and the One Child Policy on fertility in China: a census study in Guangdong, China

\(\widehat{Child}\)

15–19

20–24

25–29

30–34

35–39

40–44

45–49

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

(13)

(14)

(Constant)

0.894***

(0.095)

 

0.958***

(0.056)

 

1.010***

(0.133)

 

2.383***

(0.199)

 

3.175***

(0.454)

 

1.282

(1.587)

 

4.838***

(1.755)

 

Edu

0.006

(0.008)

0.091

0.003

(0.004)

0.060

0.003

(0.007)

0.030

−0.072***

(0.009)

−0.518***

−0.138***

(0.015)

−0.857***

−0.051

(0.039)

−0.164

−0.104***

(0.029)

−0.476***

Pol

1.523***

(0.074)

0.911***

1.256***

(0.056)

0.949***

1.841***

(0.043)

1.069***

1.488***

(0.085)

0.696***

1.373***

(0.113)

0.502***

3.338***

(0.132)

0.934***

1.662***

(0.209)

0.521***

Exper

0.019

(0.015)

0.231

−0.004

(0.005)

−0.080

−0.027***

(0.009)

−0.242***

−0.064***

(0.015)

−0.475***

−0.032

(0.029)

−0.210

−0.083

(0.094)

−0.279

−0.118

(0.099)

−0.580

Expersq÷100

−0.174

(0.119)

−0.202

0.055**

(0.026)

0.165**

0.123***

(0.032)

0.246***

0.257***

(0.038)

0.608***

0.115*

(0.065)

0.315*

0.257

(0.172)

0.449

0.187

(0.147)

0.580

Cohort 00

−0.027

(0.059)

−0.046

0.040

(0.030)

0.087

−0.221***

(0.049)

−0.188***

−1.183***

(0.063)

−0.817***

−1.748***

(0.101)

−1.058***

−2.273***

(0.260)

−0.679***

−1.765***

(0.195)

−0.793***

Cohort 10

−0.142**

(0.061)

−0.235**

−0.023

(0.028)

−0.048

−0.303***

(0.054)

−0.244***

−1.351***

(0.069)

−0.879***

−2.166***

(0.108)

−1.262***

−2.229***

(0.277)

−0.680***

−1.988***

(0.207)

−0.937***

Edu × Cohort 00

0.003

(0.007)

0.046

−0.003

(0.003)

−0.073

0.015***

(0.004)

0.162***

0.079***

(0.005)

0.686***

0.116***

(0.009)

0.824***

0.169***

(0.025)

0.527***

0.062***

(0.023)

0.238***

Edu × Cohort 10

0.017**

(0.006)

0.300**

0.001

(0.002)

0.015

0.016***

(0.005)

0.168***

0.088***

(0.006)

0.746***

0.150***

(0.009)

1.148***

0.168***

(0.024)

0.676***

0.087***

(0.023)

0.527***

Observations

115

 

115

 

115

 

115

 

115

 

115

 

115

 

Adj. R2

0.925

 

0.960

 

0.977

 

0.978

 

0.951

 

0.917

 

0.910

 
  1. Standard errors are in parentheses. *,** and *** stand for significant at the 10, 5, and 1 % level respectively. Regressions 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 present unstandardized coefficients and 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 present standardized regression coefficients