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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 12.
Published in final edited form as: Popul Rev. 2014;53(2):23–46. doi: 10.1353/prv.2014.0006

Table 1.

Means for continuous variables used in the models (N=26,634)

Mean Linearized standard error [95% Conf. interval]

Number of children ever born 4.0 .03 [3.89 – 4.01]
Current age of woman 31.5 .04 [31.3 – 31.7]
Age at first birth 17.7 .08 [17.5– 17.8]
Age at first intercourse 15.6 .06 [15.5 15.7]
Ideal number of children 7.1 .05 [6.97–7.17]

Data Source: Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey, 2013