Meaning unit | Sub-category | Theme |
• Fear of suffering infertility and its stigma • Fear of the discord between education/employment and childbearing • Fear of restriction • Social phobia | Fear and concern (personal distress) | concern about one’s own future situation or securing child future |
• Skeptical of spouse’s accountability • Skeptical of the continuity of married life • Skeptical of having child care skills • Skeptical of physical and mental readiness | Skepticism | |
• Hope and trust in God’s grace • Hope to solve the economic problems due to better income • Hope to stabilize family • Hope to the perfection of life and generation survival • Hope to develop motivation, enthusiasm and momentum | Hope | |
• Heavy cost of childbearing and child care • Job security • Necessity of couples’ employment to provide cost of living • Financial aid dependency on the family, the feeling to be a burden | Financial security |