Effects of (In)Congruency in Fertility Motivation on Fertility Desire and Intention Among Couples Living with HIV: A Dyadic Approach

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Figure 1 Actor-partner interdependence model to assess the effects of the husbands’ and wives’ motivations on fertility desire and intention.

Table 1 Socio-Demographic Characteristics

Variables	Wife (314)	Husband (314)	Total (N = 628)
Age Categories
20–30	73 (23.2)	31 (9.9)	104 (16.6)
31–35	102 (32.5)	95 (30.3)	197 (31.4)
36–40	101 (32.2)	92 (29.3)	193 (30.7)
41+	38 (12.1)	96 (30.6)	134 (21.3)
Registered residence
Rural	205 (65.3)	192 (61.1)	397 (63.2)
Urban	109 (34.7)	122 (38.9)	231 (36.8)
Ethnic Group
Han	262 (83.4)	282 (89.8)	544 (86.6)
Others	52 (16.6)	32 (10.2)	84 (13.4)
Education level
Primary school	43 (13.7)	33 (10.5)	76 (12.1)
Junior school	123 (39.2)	94 (29.9)	217 (34.6)
Senior school	92 (29.3)	104 (33.1)	196 (31.2)
Graduate and above	56 (17.8)	83 (26.4)	139 (22.1)
Occupation Status
Government employee	17 (5.4)	44 (14)	61 (9.7)
Jobless	104 (33.1)	48 (15.3)	152 (24.2)
Manual laborer	26 (8.3)	45 (14.3)	71 (11.3)
Private employee	84 (26.8)	73 (23.2)	157 (25)
Self-employed	83 (26.4)	104 (33.1)	187 (29.8)
Medical insurance status
NRCMS	192 (61.1)	180 (57.3)	372 (59.2)
UEBMI	21 (6.7)	36 (11.5)	57 (9.1)
URBMI	101 (32.2)	98 (31.2)	199 (31.7)
Household monthly income, CNY
0–5999	54 (32.1)	36 (24.7)	90 (28.7)
6000–9999	49 (29.2)	29 (19.9)	78 (24.8)
10,000–19,999	38 (22.6)	40 (27.4)	78 (24.8)
20,000+	27 (16.1)	41 (28.1)	68 (21.7)

Abbreviations: NRCMS, New Rural Cooperative Medical Insurance Scheme; UEBMI, Urban Employees Basic Medical Insurance; URBMI, Urban Residents Basic Medical Insurance; CNY, Chinese Yuan.

Table 2 Means, Standard Deviations, Correlations, and Average Variance Extracted Among the Study Variables

	Mean (SD)	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
1.Happiness (Husband)	4.2 (0.48)	–
2.Well-being (Husband)	4.5 (0.57)	0.53	–
3.Identity (Husband)	3.9 (0.58)	0.47	0.64	–
4.Continuity (Husband)	3.9(0.69)	0.29	0.4	0.35	–
5.Happiness (Wife)	4.2 (0.52)	0.3	0.41	0.37	0.23	–
6.Well-being (Wife)	4.5 (0.62)	0.43	0.59	0.52	0.32	0.61	–
7.Identity (Wife)	3.9 (0.69)	0.34	0.46	0.41	0.25	0.48	0.68	–
8.Continuity (Wife)	3.5 (0.76)	0.16	0.22	0.19	0.12	0.22	0.32	0.25	–
9.Fertility motivation (Husband)	4.1 (0.42)	0.62	0.85	0.75	0.47	0.49	0.69	0.54	0.25	–
10.Fertility motivation (Wife)	4.0 (0.46)	0.46	0.63	0.56	0.35	0.65	0.93	0.73	0.34	0.74	–
11.Fertility desire (Husband)	0.60 (0.49)	0.19	0.27	0.24	0.15	0.2	0.28	0.22	0.1	0.31	0.3	–
12.Fertility desire (Wife)	0.54 (0.50)	0.2	0.28	0.24	0.15	0.29	0.42	0.33	0.15	0.32	0.45	0.46	–
13.Fertility intention (Husband)	3.43 (1.13)	0.19	0.27	0.24	0.15	0.22	0.31	0.24	0.11	0.31	0.33	0.57	0.53	–
14.Fertility intention (Wife)	3.14 (1.22)	0.2	0.27	0.24	0.15	0.27	0.38	0.3	0.14	0.32	0.41	0.51	0.64	0.73
CR	–	0.87	0.93	0.81	0.77	0.90	0.96	0.77	0.73	0.85	0.86	–	–	–
AVE	–	0.70	0.88	0.59	0.55	0.75	0.93	0.67	0.51	–	–	–	–	–

Note: Boldface coefficients: p < 0.01.

Abbreviations: CR, Cronbach’s alpha; AVE, average variance extracted.

Figure 2 Actor-partner interdependence mediation model of fertility intention.

Note: **pvalue<0.01.

Table 3 Dyadic Polynomial Regression Coefficients and Response Surface Parameters of Fertility Motivation and Fertility Desire of Both Husbands and Wives (N = 314 Couples)

	Fertility Intention		Fertility Desire
	Wife	Husband	Wife	Husband
Dyadic poly regression coefficients
Constant (β0)	3.376**	3.361**	0.614**	0.584**
Wife’s motivation (β1)	0.083**	0.038*	0.041**	0.017*
Husband’s motivation (β2)	0.029	0.059**	0.006	0.019**
Wife’s motivation^2 (β4)	0	−0.001	0.001	−0.001
Husband’s motivation^2 (β5)	0.001	0	−0.001	0.003*
Interaction of husband and wife’s motivation (β3)	0	0.006**	0.001	0
Response surface parameters
R^2	15.8	17.1	18.6	11.6
Slope of linear congruence (α1) = (β1 + β2)	0.112**	0.097**	0.047**	0.036**
Slope of curvature congruence (α2) = (β4 + β5 + β3)	0.001	0.005**	0.001	0.002**
Slope of linear incongruence of wife (α3) = (β1− β2)	0.054	−0.021	0.035**	−0.001
Slope of curvature incongruence of husband (α4) = (β5 − β4 + β3)	0.001	0.005	0.002	0.005*

Notes: **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05. The coefficients α1 and α2 represent the slope of each surface along the line of congruence, while α3 and α4 represent the slope of each surface along the line of incongruence, where β1, β2, β3, β4, and β5 are the unstandardized β-weight coefficients.

Figure 3 (a and b) Dyadic response surface plots for congruence of husband-wife fertility motivation to predict fertility intention.

Figure 4 (a and b) Dyadic response surface plots for the association between the wives’ own and their husbands’ fertility motivation and desire.