Only 13 percent of the 1980s generation — the first generation of one-child
families — show any intention to have a second child now that the
nation’s family planning policy has been relaxed to allow couples to do
so, a survey released by Fudan University disclosed yesterday.
It is the first such survey specially targeting those born into the one
child per family era. The top three reasons for not wanting a second
child are cost, limited housing space and lack of time.
The 1980s generation also has a distinctive view on old age. While nearly 90
percent of those surveyed thought they would support their own parents,
for themselves, they said they would prefer living on their own or in a
nursing home when they became elderly.
Growing up against a background of reform and opening-up, the 1980s generation serves as a
link between children of the 1970s, who represent traditional ways, and
the 1990s generation that embraces change, said survey organizers.