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Table 4.

Discrete-Time Logit Model for Fertility (dependent variable is birth in year t) for All Women, Person-Years for Ages 15–49: 2002 Ghana Population & Environment Survey

Covariate	All Parity		Parity 0	Parity 1	Parity 2	Parity 3+
Covariate	Coefficient	p	Parity 0	Parity 1	Parity 2	Parity 3+
Parity	−0.002	.888	––	––	––	––
Age	0.197^***	.000	0.566^***	0.364^***	0.272^***	0.298^***
Age, Squared	−0.004^***	.000	−0.013^***	−0.008^***	−0.006^***	−0.006^***
Middle Cohort	−0.326^***	.000	0.113	−0.302^**	−0.390^*	−0.458^***
Young Cohort	−0.450^***	.000	−0.126	−0.544^***	−0.507^***	−0.794^***
Primary or Middle School Education	0.014	.822	0.323^*	−0.169	−0.152^†	−0.097
Secondary School Education or More	−0.277^*	.027	−0.029	−0.101	−0.560^†	−0.576^*
In School	−0.503^**	.006	−0.708^***	−0.541^†	−0.775	−0.666
In a Union	1.432^***	.000	1.830^***	0.930^***	0.531^*	0.998^***
Employed	0.134^*	.049	0.004	0.175	0.372	0.096
Urban Residence	−0.114^*	.031	−0.247^**	−0.048	−0.129	−0.042
Intercept	−4.298	.000	−8.330	−5.556	−4.570	−5.553
N (person-years)	28,213		9,721	3,699	3,341	11,452

Notes: Young cohort = born in 1970 or later; middle cohort = born between 1950 and 1969; and older cohort (reference group) = born before 1950. Regression results are weighted for survey probability.

^†

p < .10;

p < .05;

^**

p < .01;

^***

p < .001