Zhaopin Report Found China's Working Women Less Keen on Childbearing

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PR Newswire

BEIJING, May 11, 2017

BEIJING, May 11, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Zhaopin Limited (NYSE: ZPIN) ("Zhaopin" or the "Company"), a leading career platform[1] in China focused on connecting users with relevant job opportunities throughout their career lifecycle, today released its 2017 report on the current situation of working mothers in China. The report found that women in the workplace were less keen to have children because of work pressure and rising expenses.

Zhaopin conducted its 2017 survey of working mothers to understand their childbearing intentions, the impact of childbearing on career development, and benefits and provisions for raising babies. More than 40,200 people participated in this survey this year.

Highlights of Zhaopin's 2017 report on working mothers:

For working women with no children, 40.1% were reluctant to have children, almost double the 20.48% figure for last year. For women who already have one child, 62.7% didn't want to have a second child.
The top reasons for reluctance to have children were "not enough time and energy" (41.9%), "too expensive to raise children" (36.9%), and "concerns over career development" (35.2%).
About 63.4% of women in the workplace believed that childbearing would have a large impact on their career development, compared with only 48.6% of men who believed so.
Before childbearing, women in the workplace were more concerned about salary (76.5%), work environment (46.4%), and distance from work (45.9%) when selecting employers. After childbearing, working mothers gave priority to distance from work (81.0%), salary (68.7%), and work pressure (49.7%).
After returning to work, the needs of working mothers included flexible working hours (70.5%), family first after work hours (62.1%), and higher salaries (41.1%).
About 32.5% of women saw that their salaries decline after childbearing in 2017, compared with 24.2% for 2016. Meanwhile, 36.1% of women found that their positions were lowered after childbearing in 2017, up from 26.6% in 2016.
About 66.0% of working mothers felt depressed after childbearing. 65.3% believed that returning to work would relieve the depression, while 13.8% said that going back to work actually deepened their depression.
For women in the workplace, their biggest concerns about childbearing were difficulty in returning to work after childbearing (52.5%), and being replaced by others (48.9%).
The majority of working mothers (67.9%) in China would not consider becoming stay-at-home moms. Key reasons included psychological imbalance by isolation from society (79.0%), pressure from life (65.4%), and negative impact on relationships (58.6%).

Low willingness for childbearing

In the Zhaopin survey this year, nearly 50% of female participants had no children, 43.3% had one child and 7% had two or more children.

Childbearing status of women in the workplace

No child

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49.7%

One child

43.3%

Two or more children

7.0%

Among women with no children, 40.1% were reluctant to have children at the moment, almost double the 20.48% figure for last year.

Childbearing intention of women without children
Reluctant to have a child at the moment	40.1%
Willing to have children	59.9%

The top reasons for reluctance to have children were "not enough time and energy" (41.9%), "too expensive to raise children" (36.9%), and "concerns over career development" (35.2%).

Reasons for reluctance to have children
Not enough time and energy	41.9%
Too expensive to raise children	36.9%
Concerns over career development	35.2%
Worrying about pains in pregnancy and childbirth	25.9%
Still renting apartment and cannot afford to buy one	24.8%
No confidence in marriage	21.5%
Cannot afford to buy a new apartment (bigger or with school quota)	10.4%

Among women who already have one child, 62.7% didn't want to have a second child, while 22.5% intended to have a second baby.

Intention for second child among women with one child
No intention for second child	62.7%
Want to have second child	22.5%
Have not thought about second child	14.8%

Impact of childbearing on career development

About 63.4% of women in the workplace believe that childbearing would have a large impact on their career development, compared with only 48.6% of men who believed so.

Impact of childbearing on career development
	Women	Men
Big impact	63.4%	48.6%
Moderate impact	30.8%	41.9%
No impact	5.8%	9.4%

For women in different age groups, those born in the 1980s saw the most impact on their career development from childbearing, followed by women born in the 1990s.

Impact of childbearing on career development to women in different age groups
	Big impact	Moderate impact	No impact
Born after 1995	50.9%	41.1%	8.0%
Born in 1990s	56.5%	37.3%	6.2%
Born in 1980s	64.0%	30.0%	6.0%
Born in 1970s	52.7%	35.7%	11.6%
Born in 1960s	36.8%	38.4%	24.8%

Zhaopin's survey found that 32.5% of women saw their salaries decline after childbearing in 2017, compared with 24.2% for 2016.

Salary changes for women after childbearing
	2017	2016
Salary increased	6.7%	4.3%
Salary declined	32.5%	24.2%
No change	60.8%	71.5%

About 36.1% of women found that their positions were lowered after childbearing in 2017, up from 26.6% in 2016.

Position changes for women after childbearing

2017

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