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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 24.
Published in final edited form as: Demogr Res. 2012 May 31;26:511–542. doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2012.26.20

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
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.

+

: p<.1

*

: p<.05

**

: p<.01

***

:p<.001.