Table 6:

Opinions about the expected, desired, and ideal number of children among women of different age groups, in the official and civil marriage

Age groups	Marriage	Number of children
		Expected	Desired	Ideal
20–24 years	official	1.84±0.09	2.29±0.08	2.67±0.07*
	civil	1.87±0.09	2.26±0.09	2.42±0.09
25–29 years	official	1.98±0.07*	2.52±0.07*	3.44±0.06*
	civil	1.44±0.11	2.35±0.16	2.84±0.17
30–34 years	official	2.00±0.08	2.63±0.08	2.93±0.07*
	civil	1.79±0.20	2,59±0.19	2.50±0.20
35–39 years	official	2.29±0.08*	2.81±0.08*	2.99±0.09*
	civil	1.38±0.12	2.31±0.19	2.63±0.18

Note:

* - differences are statistically significant