Survey shows Tibet women intend to have less children
( 2003-09-01 10:12) (People.com)
A latest government survey
shows that women in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region are having less
children as the standard of living has increased in the Tibet Autonomous Region.
The survey, conducted by the regional authorities, covers 317 women of child
bearing age in Lhasa, capital of Tibet, Shigatse and Nagqu prefectures.
According to the survey, the number of women with one or two children
accounted for 83 percent of the total surveyed in Lhasa, and 64 percent in
Nagqu. Last year the same survey showed the highest percentage for that rate was
71 percent.
No more than 3 percent of surveyed women wished to have four ormore children,
while 4 percent preferred one child, 45 percent wished to have two children and
48 percent wished to have three.
The survey results revealed that more women in Tibet would ask for a
sterilization operation after they had two or three childrenand 90 percent of
women preferred simple and long-effective contraception methods. Of women who
already had two children, 40 percent wanted a sterilization operation.
The survey organizers attributed the progress to remarkable improvements in
living standards in Tibet, which promoted great changes in local people's
attitudes towards children-bearing.
A lot of women in rural areas of Tibet used to have 10 or more children and
therefore lived in poverty, although they preferred to have no more than four
children, but failed in their attempts for lack of contraception knowledge.
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