Coombs L C, Fernandez D
Demography. 1978 Feb;15(1):57-73.
Data from Malaysia on the reproductive goals of husbands and wives are analyzed to determine level of agreement, using new scale measures on preferences for number and sex of children as well as the conventional measure of desired number of children. The level of agreement between husband and wife varies considerably depending on the focus of analysis and the measure of agreement used. Overall aggregate agreement of men and women is high but lower for subgroups of the population, particularly among various ethnic groups. For marital partners, the agreement is much lower, especially on sex preferences. The level observed depends on whether the measure is identity of responses or an index of homogeneity which allows for couple concordance based on chance or common socialization factors. The views about the reproductive goals of one marital partner cannot with confidence be assumed to represent the views of the other.
对马来西亚夫妻生育目标的数据进行分析，以确定达成一致的程度，分析时使用了关于孩子数量和性别的偏好的新量表测量方法以及传统的期望子女数量测量方法。夫妻之间达成一致的程度因分析重点和所使用的一致程度测量方法而异。总体而言，男性和女性的总体一致性较高，但在人口亚组中，尤其是在不同种族群体中，一致性较低。对于婚姻伴侣来说，一致性要低得多，尤其是在性别偏好方面。观察到的程度取决于测量方法是回答的一致性还是同质性指数，同质性指数允许基于偶然性或共同社会化因素的夫妻一致性。不能想当然地认为婚姻一方关于生育目标的观点代表另一方的观点。
