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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 4.
Published in final edited form as: Popul Res Policy Rev. 2012 Oct 25;32(1):1–24. doi: 10.1007/s11113-012-9261-6

Table 5.

Hazard Model Estimates: Relationship Between Attitudes About Children, Attitudes about Contraception, and Fertility Limitation, Women aged 15–44 in 1996, Chitwan, Nepala

1 2 3 4 5
Attidudes about children
  Strongly agree that a man who has ten children is a fool. 1.21 (1.56) 1.18 (1.34)
  It is better to have many children than to be rich. 1.19 ** (2.35) 1.17 * (2.05)
  Men who do not have any children cannot go to heaven. 1.15 ** (2.40) 1.12 * (1.85)
Attitudes about contraception
  Do you believe it is sinful to use contraception? 0.84 (−0.99) 0.87 (−0.81) 0.84 (−0.96) 0.85 (−0.87) 0.88 (−0.70)
  Everyone should use contraception/family planning. 1.13 * (2.10) 1.12 * (1.98) 1.14 * (2.22) 1.14 * (2.27) 1.15 * (2.23)

N=55,227 person-months

a

All models also include all controls described in text.

*

P < .05;

**

P < .01;

***

P < .001 one tailed tests

Odds ratios with z-statistics in parentheses.