Table 1.
Fertility intentions according to selected sociodemographic variables
| N (whole sample) |
N (want more) |
Proportion wanting more children |
Of those wanting more children: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proportion giving non- numeric response |
Average # desired among those giving number |
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| All women | 1620 | 1118 | 0.70 | 0.20 | 3.0 | |
| Sociodemographic variables | ||||||
| Age 20 and under | 264 | 237 | 0.90 | 0.16 | 3.4 | |
| Age 21–25 | 452 | 379 | 0.84 | 0.18 | 3.1 | |
| Age 26–30 | 454 | 307 | 0.69 | 0.19 | 2.8 | |
| Age 31 and over | 450 | 195 | 0.43 | 0.29 | 2.4 | |
| No education | 428 | 291 | 0.69 | 0.27 | 2.9 | |
| 1–4 years of education | 733 | 487 | 0.67 | 0.21 | 3.0 | |
| 5 or more years of education | 457 | 339 | 0.74 | 0.12 | 2.9 | |
| Monogamous marriage | 1276 | 913 | 0.72 | 0.20 | 3.0 | |
| Polygamous marriage | 344 | 205 | 0.59 | 0.20 | 2.7 | |
| Parity | ||||||
| No living children | 236 | 214 | 0.90 | 0.19 | 4.1 | |
| 1–3 living children | 1028 | 794 | 0.78 | 0.19 | 2.8 | |
| 4+ living children | 356 | 110 | 0.32 | 0.24 | 1.7 | |
| No family planning services in village | 841 | 567 | 0.68 | 0.17 | 3.0 | |
| Family planning services available in village | 779 | 551 | 0.72 | 0.22 | 2.9 | |
| Religious affiliation | ||||||
| No religion | 222 | 155 | 0.72 | 0.29 | 3.0 | |
| Catholic/mainline Protestant | 450 | 294 | 0.65 | 0.13 | 2.8 | |
| Zionist | 536 | 381 | 0.71 | 0.23 | 3.0 | |
| Other religion | 412 | 288 | 0.71 | 0.17 | 3.1 | |
| Household conditions | ||||||
| Material possessions index = 1 | 546 | 364 | 0.68 | 0.21 | 2.8 | |
| Material possessions index = 2 | 526 | 356 | 0.68 | 0.18 | 3.1 | |
| Material possessions index = 3 | 409 | 298 | 0.74 | 0.20 | 3.1 | |
| Material possessions index = 4 | 139 | 100 | 0.73 | 0.21 | 3.0 | |
| No electricity in household | 1386 | 937 | 0.68 | 0.21 | 3.0 | |
| Electricity in household | 234 | 181 | 0.78 | 0.11 | 3.0 | |
| Does not own cattle | 1110 | 751 | 0.68 | 0.19 | 3.0 | |
| Owns cattle | 510 | 367 | 0.73 | 0.21 | 3.0 | |
| Husband’s characteristics | ||||||
| Husband is not a migrant | 946 | 607 | 0.64 | 0.20 | 3.0 | |
| Husband is a migrant and: | ||||||
| Life is better since husband migrated | 339 | 262 | 0.78 | 0.15 | 2.8 | |
| Life is worse since husband migrated | 335 | 249 | 0.74 | 0.23 | 3.2 | |
| Does not suspect husband had sex with other women | 1101 | 771 | 0.71 | 0.22 | 3.0 | |
| Knows/suspects husband had sex with other women | 519 | 347 | 0.68 | 0.14 | 2.9 | |
| Mortality conditions | ||||||
| Level of child mortality in village | ||||||
| <25% of mothers experienced child death | 556 | 383 | 0.68 | 0.14 | 3.0 | |
| 25%–35% of mothers | 600 | 402 | 0.67 | 0.21 | 2.9 | |
| >35% of mothers | 464 | 333 | 0.74 | 0.24 | 3.0 | |
| Number of people known who died of AIDS | ||||||
| 0 | 842 | 570 | 0.69 | 0.23 | 2.9 | |
| 1–3 | 479 | 348 | 0.73 | 0.13 | 3.1 | |
| 4 or more | 299 | 200 | 0.66 | 0.22 | 3.0 | |
| Low AIDS mortality village | 827 | 575 | 0.70 | 0.17 | 3.0 | |
| High AIDS mortality village | 793 | 543 | 0.69 | 0.23 | 2.9 | |
All proportions weighted. See text for further description of data and variables.