Intentions and attitudes towards parenthood and fertility awareness among Chinese university students in Hong Kong: A comparison with Western samples

Human Reproduction

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 364-372

  Chan, C H Y ^a   Chan, T H Y ^a   Peterson, B D ^b   Lampic, C ^c   Tam, M Y J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chinese; Fertility awareness; Infertility; Involuntary childlessness; Parenting attitudes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAREER PLANNING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIMISM; PARENTHOOD; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHINA; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FERTILITY; HEALTH; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INTERNET; ONSET AGE; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGING; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INTERNET; MALE; PARENTING; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930730278     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deu324     Document Type: Article

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