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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Popul Dev Rev. 2016 Nov 17;42(4):693–710. doi: 10.1111/padr.12002

Table 1. Odds and odds ratios of intentiona to have another child by sex of previous children, parity, and year.

1991 2007 2013

N Odds Ratio N Odds Ratio N Odds Ratio



Obs. Exp.b Obs. Exp.b Obs. Exp.b
Parity 1
Boy 405 1.00 1.00 653 1.00 1.00 890 1.00 1.00
Girl 395 1.10 1.63 566 2.31 1.63 816 1.52 1.63

Parity 2
2 Boys 206 1.00 1.00 376 1.00 1.00 541 1.00 1.00
1 Boy, 1 Girl 383 0.88 1.00 660 0.86 1.00 1,046 0.99 1.00
2 Girls 168 3.34 3.67 287 3.59 3.67 399 2.72 3.67

Parity 3
3 Boys 116 1.00 1.00 198 1.00 1.00 263 1.00 1.00
2 Boys, 1 Girl 349 0.71 0.80 539 0.71 0.57 832 0.62 0.57
2 Girls, 1 Boy 294 1.51 1.68 414 1.59 1.20 646 1.13 1.20
3 Girls 104 3.04 3.67 115 6.33 3.67 175 3.48 3.67

Parity 4
4 Boys 49 1.00 1.00 89 1.00 1.00 133 1.00 1.00
3 Boys, 1 Girl 215 0.91 0.80 333 0.35 0.57 482 0.62 0.57
2 Boys, 2 Girls 320 0.99 0.80 483 0.39 0.57 715 0.75 0.57
3 Girls, 1 Boy 192 1.71 1.68 241 1.08 1.20 405 1.49 1.20
4 Girls 40 7.56 3.67 56 4.68 3.67 87 5.00 3.67
a

Currently married women excluding those declared infecund.

b

Expected odds ratio under preferred model.