Table 5.
Variables | B | S.E | Odds ratio (OR) | 95% C.I. for OR | P value | |
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Age | -0.05 | 0.05 | 0.95 | 0.86-1.06 | 0.36 | |
Husbands’ age | -0.09 | 0.05 | 0.92 | 0.83-1.01 | 0.09 | |
Literacy Level | -0.01 | 0.26 | 0.99 | 0.59-1.65 | 0.96 | |
Husbands’ Literacy Level | -0.40 | 0.25 | 0.67 | 0.41-1.10 | 0.11 | |
Occupation(Reference: other) | Housewife | -1/40 | 0.70 | 0.24 | 0.06-0.97 | 0.04 |
Employee | -0.14 | 0.60 | 0.87 | 0.27-2.83 | 0.82 | |
Husbands’ Occupation (Reference: Employee) | Not working | -0.46 | 1.05 | 0.63 | 0.08-4.88 | 0.66 |
Self employment | -0.09 | 0.50 | 0.91 | 0.34-2.44 | 0.85 | |
Worker | -0.70 | 0.85 | 0.49 | 0.09-2.63 | 0.41 | |
Income status | -0.43 | 0-.41 | 0.65 | 0.293-1.44 | 0.29 | |
Child death experience | 0.14 | 0.85 | 1.14 | 0.22-6.06 | 0.87 | |
Experience of previous childbirth | 0.14 | 0.85 | 0.96 | 0.51-1.67 | 0.89 | |
Having both sexes in the composition of the children | -1.34 | 0.56 | 0.26 | 0.09-0.79 | 0.02 | |
Contraceptive method(Reference: Traditional) | Modern | 0.007 | 0.39 | 1.06 | 0.47-2.17 | 0.89 |
Number of children | -1.35 | 0.41 | 0.26 | 0.11-0.58 | 0.001 | |
Benefits of children | 0.02 | 0.12 | 1.02 | 1.00-1.05 | 0.05 | |
Costs of children | -0.08 | 0.17 | 0.93 | 0.89-0.96 | 0.001 |