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With the full liberalization of the two-child policy, a wave of two-children has arisen across the country. But the willingness to have a second child is often not only related to the couple and family environment, but also related to the province. For the birth of a second child, some provinces show a very positive, while some provinces show a very calm.

A few days ago, I saw the research data from the Shell Research Institute for 31 provinces and cities, comprehensive two-child birth coefficient. The data show that Shandong has a two-child coefficient ranked first, the name of the big Shandong can be born and love to give birth to really live up to its name. And ranked in the last three in turn is Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Jilin, three provinces really proud.

Many people tease, Shandong not only like to give birth to two children, they prefer to give birth to three children, four children. I have a college friend who is from Shandong, and after graduation, he went back to work in Shandong province, and then settled down in this city. Recently, she has given birth to her second child. I heard her say that her family's oldest class knows at least two children, three children are also several, the only child seems to be only one. Being in Shandong, everyone's view of the second child is! Sooner or later, you have to give birth! Early birth early finish! In Shandong not to have a second child, it seems to be very alien.

Causes a difference in ideology

Ideology determines behavior. Shandong, as the birthplace of Confucianism and as the hometown of Confucius and Mencius, is y influenced by Confucianism. The values of Confucianism were mandatory for the population during the Western Zhou period. Coupled with the fact that Shandong is predominantly agricultural, productivity is backward, and there is a demand for the number of people, so it leads to lead to Shandong, especially in rural areas, the idea of having many children is y rooted in people's hearts, the pursuit of prosperity, the importance of passing on the family line, and the belief in raising a child to prevent the old, leading to the thinking that unfiliality is not the only thing that matters, and that no one is a big deal.

At the same time, the idea of son preference is also more serious, and property is passed on to men but not to women. Coupled with the fact that Shandong was a place where wars were more frequent in ancient times, more children and more boys were born in order to better ensure the succession of generations. Therefore, Shandong's ideas about fertility and men and women have been passed down in most people's minds for a long, long time, not one or two times can change.

And Shandong is already a populous province, with a very large population base for second births. The same 1% of couples are willing to have a second child, the population base is more and less, the total number of second child population presented is not the same.

And the reason why the three northeastern provinces on the birth of a second child Buddhist. On the one hand, it stems from the Northeast people's predecessors are from North China to break into the East, the bones of the family concept of relative indifference, that the life of the moment is the most important, traveled the character of the more prominent, unwilling to for the family, the relatives are trapped. The other side of the coin is that, historically, the three eastern provinces, especially Liaoning Province, is China's heavy industrial base, the degree of urbanization is higher, the higher the urbanization of the place, the desire to give birth is relatively low.

So all in all, in the three eastern provinces, the social status of women is relatively higher, there is no serious patriarchal ideology, and there is no strong concept of "succession", and some young people do not want to take on the so-called "continuation of the family fireworks" of the family. Some young people do not want to take on the so-called family responsibility of "continuing the family flame". In addition, there is a high degree of urbanization, and the previous family planning policy was implemented thoroughly, so that the population base has been kept at a low level. The second child has a lower coefficient of birth than the second child.

The economic base determines the superstructure. The reason why many families are afraid to have a second child, the low marriage rate in first-tier cities, the fundamental reason for low fertility is also due to economic pressure, especially today's high prices are the best contraceptive. A survey shows that: people's willingness to give birth to a second child is highly consistent with the development of the local economic development level.

And Shandong over the years, the total economic output is second only to Guangdong, Jiangsu, the economy is more developed, although not as developed as Zhejiang, people's income are so high. But Shandong income is relatively stable, stable expectations, the cost of living is lower, and the province has many employment opportunities, life is relatively more stable, the desire to have a second child is a little higher.

And the three eastern provinces are typical of the old region before the rich, the population is aging seriously, manpower is seriously insufficient. The lack of manpower means that more of the wealth created is used for consumption, and less is used for investment and accumulation of wealth, so that the economic vitality of the Northeast is limited by the economic downturn and recession, and job opportunities are reduced, leading to the exodus of young people. On the one hand, the high cost of living, on the other hand, the economic outlook is not good, young people are struggling to work hard, of course, the willingness to have children is low. And northeastern couples of childbearing age have the idea that it is not cost-effective to have a child, the cost of raising a child is too high, occupying a larger family expenditure comparison, affecting the quality of life. So the willingness of the three northeastern provinces to have a second child is particularly low.

To have a second child or not, affected by many aspects. And young people as the main body of the birth, the most important thing is to think clearly about themselves, after all, the birth of a child is not a small thing.

Discussion: What do you think about Shandong's love of children?