There will be more families with two incomes and no children in the future, according to a survey conducted by Zero Research Company early this year.

They questioned 2252 residents aged 14 to 60 in seven cities, including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. 37 percent of them think that there will be more Dink family - double income, no kids - in the future.

Over 43 percent of those who have received college education agree with this, while only 23 percent of those who have just received elementary education think so.

Nearly 60 percent of those who have a monthly salary of more than 5,000 yuan agree with this, and only 26 percent of those whose monthly salary is less than 500 yuan think so.

Xu Anqi, from the Shanghai Social Science Institute, says that people who have received higher education pay more attention to a free life style. The high cost of raising a child is another major reason why people don't want to have children.

Bao Lei, a 27-year-old girl who is going to get married, says that she and her future husband don't want to have children because they don't have time and energy to do so, even though they are economically qualified.

(CRI August 24, 2005)