Impact of parental leave system on the childbirth plan among working married women: a three-year follow-up study of the Korean longitudinal survey of women and families

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population (baseline 2016)

Variables	Childbirth plan
	Total		No		Yes		P-value
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Parental leave system							< 0.0001
Applicable	82	25.3	56	68.3	26	31.7
Not applicable	242	74.7	216	89.3	26	10.7
Age (mean: 35.8, SD: 2.9)^a							< 0.0001
25–29	17	5.2	9	52.9	8	47.1
30–34	80	24.7	53	66.3	27	33.8
35–39	227	70.1	210	92.5	17	7.5
Region							0.0519
Urban	138	42.6	109	79.0	29	21.0
Rural	186	57.4	163	87.6	23	12.4
Educational level							0.0010
College or over	228	70.4	181	79.4	47	20.6
High school or below	96	29.6	91	94.8	5	5.2
Household income^b							0.0591
High	109	33.6	84	77.1	25	22.9
Mid	113	34.9	98	86.7	15	13.3
Low	102	31.5	90	88.2	12	11.8
Occupational categories^c							0.0225
White collar	189	58.3	162	85.7	27	14.3
Pink collar	31	9.6	22	71.0	9	29.0
Blue collar	31	9.6	22	71.0	9	29.0
Self-employed, unpaid workers	73	22.5	66	90.4	7	9.6
Other childbirth support systems^d							< 0.0001
No	241	74.4	216	89.6	25	10.4
Yes	83	25.6	56	67.5	27	32.5
View of life for children^e							0.3280
Necessary	241	74.4	199	82.6	42	17.4
Optional	83	25.6	73	88.0	10	12.0
Housework satisfaction							0.0001
Satisfaction	168	51.9	128	76.2	40	23.8
Dissatisfaction	156	48.1	144	92.3	12	7.7
Subjective health status							0.1407
Good	245	75.6	201	82.0	44	18.0
Bad	79	24.4	71	89.9	8	10.1
Stress							0.7246
Less	259	79.9	216	83.4	43	16.6
Much	65	20.1	56	86.2	9	13.8
Current number of children							< 0.0001
0	27	8.3	7	25.9	20	74.1
1	68	21.0	49	72.1	19	27.9
≥ 2	229	70.7	216	94.3	13	5.7
Total (N = 324)	324	100.0	272	84.0	52	16.0

^a SD: Standard Deviation
^b Household income was stratified into three categories by year based on the sum of earned income, financial income, real estate income, transfer income, and social insurance receipts
^c White, pink and blue collars are wage workers based on the International Standard Classification Occupations codes
^d Other childbirth support systems include maternity leave, childbirth incentives, and reduced working hours during the childcare period
^e View of life for children indicates whether the participants thought that having children in their lives was necessary or optional

ISSN: 1471-2393