Issues of importance in having children as rated by men and women

Table 1

Issues of importance in having children Men Women      %     %

Afford support child 65 67
Female partner make a good parent 65 58
Male partner make a good parent 63 60
Having someone to love 57 46
Male partner's job security 53 57
Female partner's age 49 56
Uncertain that relationship will last 47 47
Add purpose/meaning to life 45 39
Male partner's age 42 42
Male partner established in job/career 41 37
Giving child(ren) a brother/sister 40 37
Finding good affordable childcare 40 46
Child would make partner happier 37 23
Female partner's job security 34 38
Child would be good for relationship 32 27
Ability to buy/renovate/move home 32 30
Time/energy for male partner's career 30 40
Suitable world for children 30 29
Female partner established in job/career 29 37
Time for leisure & social activities 27 24
Time/energy for female partner's career 26 24
Stress and worry of raising child 24 34
Have at least one/another boy 23 12
Ability to make major purchases 22 22
Too much stress on relationship 22 26
Other children would miss out 19 22
Have at least one/another girl 18 16
Child difficult to raise 11 15

http://www.aifs.gov.au/institute/pubs/fm2004/fm69/rp.pdf


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23829590

http://oeaw.ac.at/vid/download/WP2012_07.pdf