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