发展中国家无子女人口的流行率和预测因素
Zachary P Neal1, Jennifer Watling Neal1
1Psychology Department, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America.
PloS one
|November 12, 2025
概括
没有孩子的人口在全球范围内不断增长,不仅仅是在富裕国家. 在51个发展中国家进行的研究显示,无子女患病率存在显著差异,与人类发展和平等有关.
科学领域:
- 人口统计学 人口统计学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 生殖健康 生殖健康
背景情况:
- 没有孩子的个人,选择不生孩子,是发达国家的日益增长的人口.
- 关于发展中国家无孩子人口的研究有限.
- 了解这些人口是全球生殖健康和人口转型研究的关键.
研究的目的:
- 为了估计51个发展中国家的无子女个体的患病率.
- 在全球范围内确定与无子女患病率相关的因素.
- 为不同地区的无子人口提供生殖健康支持信息.
主要方法:
- 开发专门的软件,在人口和健康调查 (DHS) 数据中识别没有孩子的个人.
- 分析了来自51个发展中国家的DHS数据,以估计没有孩子的患病率.
- 统计分析将无子女患病率与国家层面的人类发展,性别平等和政治自由指标相关联.
主要成果:
- 在15-29岁的单身女性中,观察到无子女患病率的跨国差异很大,从利比里亚的0.3%到巴布亚新几内亚的15.6%.
- 更高的人类发展水平,性别平等和政治自由与更高的无子女患病率有关.
- 调查结果表明,没有孩子并非仅限于西方或富裕国家.
结论:
- 没有孩子的人口存在,在发展中国家有很大的差异,挑战了它是西方现象的概念.
- 国家一级的发展,性别平等和政治自由与没有孩子的人口流行有关.
- 持续的研究对于理解不断发展的无子人口结构和支持发展中国家的生殖健康需求至关重要.
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