Table 3. Logistic regression of having a birth between 2006 and 2009 on fertility preferences and sociodemographic characteristics (N=1164).
Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | ||||
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b | SE | b | SE | b | SE | |
Intercept | 0.82 | 0.08 *** | 0.91 | 0.54 | ||
Wants no more children | −0.56 | 0.15 *** | −0.87 | 0.20 *** | ||
Potential moderators | ||||||
Distance to nearest clinic | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 | ||
Household wealth index | −0.09 | 0.08 | −0.07 | 0.08 | ||
No formal education (reference) | ||||||
1-4 years of education | −0.03 | 0.18 | −0.06 | 0.17 | ||
5+ years of education | −0.29 | 0.17 + | −0.32 | 0.17 + | ||
Very worried about HIV | 0.22 | 0.16 | 0.21 | 0.15 | ||
Lives in high AIDS mortality village | −0.06 | 0.15 | −0.07 | 0.15 | ||
Husband successful migrant (reference) | ||||||
Husband not a migrant | 0.19 | 0.21 | 0.12 | 0.20 | ||
Husband unsuccessful migrant | −0.27 | 0.22 | −0.29 | 0.21 | ||
Sociodemographic controls (measured in 2006) | ||||||
Age 20 and under (reference) | ||||||
Age 21-25 | −0.54 | 0.23 * | −0.49 | 0.23 * | ||
Age 26-30 | −0.68 | 0.25 ** | −0.61 | 0.24 * | ||
Age 31+ | −1.79 | 0.28 *** | −1.78 | 0.28 *** | ||
Number of living children | 0.35 | 0.05 *** | 0.24 | 0.04 *** | ||
Last birth within past year | 0.65 | 0.14 *** | 0.61 | 0.14 *** | ||
Polygamous marriage | −0.36 | 0.16 * | −0.42 | 0.16 ** | ||
Bridewealth paid | 0.20 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.17 | ||
No religion (reference) | ||||||
Mainline Protestant/Catholic | −0.27 | 0.24 | −0.31 | 0.24 | ||
Zionist/other religion | −0.17 | 0.22 | −0.17 | 0.20 | ||
−2 log likelihood | 1476 | 1348 | 1374 |
Data: Survey of currently married women in rural Gaza province, Mozambique, 2006 and 2009; see text for details. All models are weighted and account for complex survey design.
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