Table 4. Percentage Distribution of Respondent Perceptions Concerning the Effects of Reducing Fertility and Increasing Age at Marriage on Development.
| Reducing fertility |
Increasing age at marriage |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Increase | Decrease | About the Same | χ 2 | p- value |
Increase | Decrease | About the Same | χ 2 | p- value |
|
| Overall standard of living |
94.5 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 555.65 | .000 | 74.8 | 12.9 | 12.2 | 173.25 | .000 |
| Families having television in their homes |
72.0 | 4.4 | 23.0 | 140.15 | .000 | 63.2 | 2.8 | 33.9 | 49.28 | .000 |
| The fraction of children dying before their first birthday |
5.1 | 89.2 | 5.5 | 434.05 | .000 | 9.2 | 81.8 | 9.0 | 284.22 | .000 |
| Being educated | 94.5 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 555.65 | .000 | 92.5 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 506.98 | .000 |
| The fraction of people working on farms |
20.6 | 53.1 | 26.3 | 2.63 | .268 | 15.9 | 49.2 | 34.7 | -- | -- |