A growing number of unmarried locals and DINKS (double income no
kids)have began to adopt children.They are mainly female
white-collar employees with high incomes,according to several
district-level civil affairs bureaus,the Shanghai Morning Post
reported today.
According to the adoption registration records in Putuo District
last year,the unmarried group accounted for 13.6percent and DINK
families 4.5percent.
"Over the past couple of years,divorced locals accounted for a
majority of the adopting parents but the number of singles and
DINKS have soared since the end of last year,mainly females with
high education and income,"said Huang Jingying,spokesman with the
marriage department of the Putuo Civil Affairs Bureau.
Zhang,in her thirties,a local white-collar employee with more
than 7,000yuan (US$843)in monthly salary,adopted a girl this
year,and signed an agreement with the local family planning
commission,promising not to bear children in the future.
"I adopted a child as I dare not bear children for fear of
losing my job,"Zhang said.
Wang,himself from a DINK family,adopted a child this year,as he
wanted to enjoy the feeling of being a father.
"It is usually hard for a female white-collar employee to keep
her bowl once she gives birth to a baby,"said Prof.Sun Zhongxin
with the sociology department of the Fudan University.
There are many laws to protect women's rights when they bearing
children in developed countries,especially in North European
nations,with women keeping their jobs after child-bearing and men
having days off to care for their wives,?Sun said.Such laws in
China are still not perfect enough,so many females have to keep
their careers at the cost of bearing children,"he added.
(eastday.com?? September 12, 2003)