Preference or Aversion? Exploring Fertility Desires among China's Young Urban Elite

The best would be to have a boy and a girl, because I think a child growing up alone is too lonely. You need a companion.... An older brother and a younger sister would be best.... This is because an older brother would care for the sister from young age. He would feel very responsible. Like a real man. And the sister could rely on her older brother, and grow up like a little princess. Yamei, singleton woman

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