Table 1.
Demographic and fertility characteristics of the studied women
| Variables | N (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Age at first marriage | Less than 20 | 138 (57.3) |
| 20-25 | 83 (34.4) | |
| 26-30 | 19 (7.9) | |
| 31 or more yrs | 1 (0.4) | |
| Literacy status | Primary level | 23 (9.5) |
| Secondary level | 38 (15.8) | |
| Diploma | 90 (37.3) | |
| Above diploma and bachelor’s degree | 78 (32.4) | |
| Masters and above | 11 (4.6) | |
| Husbands’ Literacy status | Primary level | 22 (9.1) |
| Secondary level | 50 (20.7) | |
| Diploma | 84 (34.9) | |
| Above diploma and bachelor’s degree | 71 (29.5) | |
| Masters and above | 14 (5.8) | |
| Occupation | Housewife | 179 (74.3) |
| Employee | 44 (18.3) | |
| Worker | 18 (7.5) | |
| Husbands’ Occupation | Not working | 11 (4.6) |
| Self-employment | 131 (54.4) | |
| Worker | 33 (13.7) | |
| Employee | 66 (27.4) | |
| Income status | Less than sufficient | 36 (14.9) |
| Sufficient | 173 (71.8) | |
| More than sufficient | 32 (13.3) | |
| Child death experience | Yes | 10 (4.1) |
| No | 231 (95.9) | |
| Attitude to previous childbirth | Easy | 36 (14.93) |
| Normal | 122 (50.62) | |
| Hard | 82 (34.02) | |
| Having both sexes in the composition of the children | Yes | 162 (67.2) |
| 79 (42.8) | ||
| Contraceptive method | Modern | 110 (45.6) |
| Traditional | 131 (54.4) | |