Table 7 Gender differences.

From: The moderating role of happiness in the relationship between fertility desire and behavior in China

Full sample

fertility_num

fertility_2

fertility_num

fertility_2

(1)

(2)

(4)

(5)

Children desired of daughter*Happiness

−0.00494

−0.0352

  
 

(0.00781)

(0.0393)

  

Children desired of daughter

0.0425***

0.217***

  
 

(0.00703)

(0.0348)

  

Children desired of daughter*son

  

−0.00594

0.0209

   

(0.00668)

(0.0339)

Children desired of son

  

0.0542***

0.275***

   

(0.00591)

(0.0288)

Happiness

−0.0113

0.0178

−0.0178

0.0102

 

(0.0109)

(0.0523)

(0.0111)

(0.0538)

Control variables

Y

Y

Y

Y

Province

Y

Y

Y

Y

Year

Y

Y

Y

Y

Province*Year

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

15416

15441

15413

15438

  1. Figures in parentheses are standard errors. *, **, *** indicate significance at the 10%, 5%, and 1% levels, respectively.