Table 3.
Farm and land use factors affecting birth outcomes by women's age in 1990
Women 15-29 |
Women 30-39 |
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% |
Mean no. birth | % |
Mean no. birth | |||
N | ≥1 | N | ≥1 | |||
1990 Landholdings | ||||||
0-19 | 6 | 100 | 3.83 | 1 | 100 | 2.00 |
20-39 | 13 | 62% | 1.85 | 14 | 64% | 1.57 |
40-59 | 38 | 68% | 1.84 | 42 | 57% | 1.1* |
60+ | 5 | 60% | 1.40 | 12 | 50% | 1.17 |
Change in | ||||||
Lost more than 5 ha | 17 | 59% | 1.65 | 20 | 55% | 1.15 |
Lost 5 ha to gained 5 ha | 28 | 75% | 2.14 | 29 | 62% | 1.34 |
Gained at least 5 ha | 17 | 71% | 2.12 | 20 | 55% | 1.1* |
Type of land tenure in | ||||||
Title | 26 | 54% | 1.42 | 41 | 49% | 0.95 |
Certificate of Possession | 28 | 75% | 2.39 | 25 | 68% | 1.48 |
None | 8 | 100 | 2.50 | 3 | 100 | 2.67 |
Pasture allocation in | ||||||
0 ha | 12 | 83% | 2.75 | 12 | 75% | 1.67 |
0-5 ha | 26 | 85% | 2.12 | 23 | 65% | 1.22 |
>5 | 24 | 46% | 1.50 | 34 | 47% | 1.06 |
Coffee allocation in | ||||||
0 ha | 4 | 75% | 2.75 | 4 | 75% | 1.50 |
0-5 ha | 44 | 75% | 2.11 | 40 | 58% | 1.175** |
>5 | 14 | 50% | 1.43 | 25 | 56% | 1.24 |
t-tests based on differences between the number of births reported between the two age groups
Significant at the .10 level
significant at the .05 level, significant at the .01 level