Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for primary variables

Variable	n	Median	Min	Max
Age at menarche (yrs)	343	13	10	18
Desired family size	208	2	1	8
Age at marriage (yrs)a	548	20	13	30
Age at first birth (yrs)a	548	21	15	30
Length of first birth interval (marriage to first birth: yrs)a	328	1	1	5
Length of second birth interval (first to second birth: yrs)a	287	2	1	5
Wealth score	566	3	0	5
Family size	567	8	0	17

^aMedians are calculated from both censored and uncensored cases