| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-17页 |
| ·Brief overview of fertility issue | 第10-12页 |
| ·The definition of fertility and fertility values | 第12-13页 |
| ·Study kind—qualitative study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Hypothesis | 第14页 |
| ·Thesis questions | 第14-15页 |
| ·Overview of thesis structure | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-26页 |
| ·Terms: fertility desire and fertility culture | 第17-18页 |
| ·Key theories | 第18-19页 |
| ·Important studies of fertility values abroad | 第19-21页 |
| ·Important studies of fertility values in China | 第21-26页 |
| Chapter Three Research Method | 第26-32页 |
| ·Research methodology | 第26-28页 |
| ·Basic information of the research subjects | 第28-30页 |
| ·Data collection and analysis | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Four Research Results | 第32-42页 |
| ·Research results of fertility tendencies | 第32-37页 |
| ·Fertility wishes study | 第32-34页 |
| ·Fertility value study | 第34-35页 |
| ·Fertility conditions study | 第35-36页 |
| ·Fertility obligations study | 第36-37页 |
| ·Research results of fertility aims | 第37-39页 |
| ·Research results of fertility means | 第39-42页 |
| Chapter Five Discussion of Research Results | 第42-50页 |
| ·Major characteristics of highly-educated Chinese young urban women’s fertility values | 第42-43页 |
| ·Comparison between highly-educated Chinese young urban women’s fertility values and traditional Chinese fertility values | 第43-46页 |
| ·How and why highly-educated Chinese young urban women’s fertility values are changing? | 第46-50页 |
| Chapter Six Pilot Study——American Young Urban Women’s Fertility Values | 第50-55页 |
| ·American young urban women’s fertility tendencies | 第50-52页 |
| ·American young urban women’s fertility aims | 第52-53页 |
| ·American young urban women’s fertility means | 第53页 |
| ·Conclusions | 第53-55页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusions | 第55-59页 |
| ·A summary of the study of highly-educated Chinese young urban women’s fertility values | 第55-57页 |
| ·Issues to be explored | 第57-59页 |
| References | 第59-64页 |
| AppendixⅠ | 第64-65页 |
| AppendixⅡ | 第65-66页 |
