Table 3 Changes in number of children, children’s age, and gender in the duration of marriage
From: Is the “seven-year itch” real?—a study on the changing divorce pattern in Chinese marriages
Variables | Married for 2 years | Married for 5 years | Married for 10 years | Married for 20 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of children | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2.4 |
• Aged 0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
• Aged 1–5 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
• Aged 6–12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.5 |
• Aged 13 and above | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 |
Having son | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
Sample Size | 15,880 | 14,880 | 13,442 | 9,820 |