School of Architecture, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Korea.
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs, Leiden University College, 2595 DG The Hague, The Netherlands.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Feb 22;18(4):2111. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18042111.
The advancement of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) has gained much attention in relation to childbearing postponement. Our study's purpose was to empirically examine how perceptions of childbearing deadline age vary in association with availability and prevalence of ART across different countries. The present study used data from the 2006 European Social Survey and the 2006 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology to examine selected EU countries. A total sample of 17,487 respondents was examined. Multilevel regression modeling was used. Results showed that first, younger generations were more generous with maternal childbearing ages but stricter with paternal deadline ages. Second, respondents residing in countries with higher percentage of reproductive clinics per population were more generous with maternal ages, however no significant association was observed with regard to paternal childbearing ages. Third, on the contrary, respondents residing in countries with higher utilization of ART treatments were stricter with maternal ages, which may be because they are more likely to be aware of the physiological and financial difficulties associated with ART treatments. The present study is meaningful in that it is the first study to empirically examine social perceptions of childbearing ages in relation with ART.
辅助生殖技术（ART）的进步引起了人们对生育推迟的关注。我们的研究目的是通过实证研究来检验在不同国家，随着 ART 的可用性和普及程度的不同，人们对生育截止年龄的看法是如何变化的。本研究使用了 2006 年欧洲社会调查和 2006 年欧洲人类生殖与胚胎学会的数据来考察选定的欧盟国家。共检查了 17487 名受访者的样本。采用多层次回归模型进行分析。结果表明，第一，年轻一代对母亲的生育年龄更宽容，但对父亲的生育年龄要求更严格。第二，居住在生殖诊所人口比例较高的国家的受访者对母亲的年龄更为宽容，但与父亲的生育年龄没有显著关联。第三，相反，居住在使用 ART 治疗方法比例较高的国家的受访者对母亲的年龄要求更严格，这可能是因为他们更有可能意识到与 ART 治疗相关的生理和经济困难。本研究的意义在于，它首次通过实证研究检验了与 ART 相关的生育年龄的社会认知。
