Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics and childbirth history of women aged 15–49 years, per survey year, Philippines, 1993–2008

	1993	1998	2003	2008
Indicator	n=1707 (%)	n=1513 (%)	n=1325 (%)	n=1209 (%)
Residence
Urban	48.8	46.3	50.0	46.9
Rural	51.2	53.7	50.0	53.1
Woman's education
None	2.3	1.8	1.9	1.2
Primary	39.0	29.9	27.8	24.2
Secondary	37.4	39.7	42.5	50.3
Higher	21.3	28.6	27.8	24.3
Partner's education
None	1.9	1.6	2.0	1.9
Primary	40.8	33.4	31.8	27.5
Secondary	37.3	36.7	40.1	45.0
Higher	20.1	28.3	26.1	25.7
Wealth index
Lowest	20.2	20.0	20.0	20.0
Second	19.8	20.0	20.1	20.0
Middle	20.0	20.0	20.0	20.1
Fourth	20.0	20.1	19.9	20.1
Highest	20.0	19.9	20.0	19.8
Woman's age
<20	5.6	6.1	7.2	8.2
20–29	53.7	53.7	53.3	53.5
30–39	35.6	35.1	34.4	32.5
≥40	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.8
Birth order
1	22.6	24.5	27.7	28.5
2	20.7	21.1	23.6	24.6
3	16.8	19.6	15.5	15.2
≥4	39.9	34.8	33.2	31.7