A.2.
Descriptive Statistics for All Variables Used in the Analysis for First and Last Survey in Each Country
| First Survey | Last Survey | T-Statistic | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean/Percent | SD | Mean/Percent | SD | ||
| Non-Numeric Response to Ideal Family Size | 11.0% | 0.3 | 6.8% | 0.3 | 29.6*** |
| Control Variables | |||||
| Age | 29.9 | 9.4 | 30.4 | 9.5 | −10.6*** |
| Number of Living Children | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 14.8*** |
| Currently Pregnant | 8.2% | 0.3 | 7.2% | 0.3 | 8.7*** |
| Muslim | 44.2% | 0.5 | 43.2% | 0.5 | 5.4*** |
| Married | 77.6% | 0.4 | 74.4% | 0.4 | 18.0*** |
| Urban Residence | 28.8% | 0.5 | 35.3% | 0.5 | −30.8*** |
| Individual-level Independent Variables | |||||
| Experienced Child Death | 26.1% | 0.4 | 20.2% | 0.4 | 33.5*** |
| Educational Attainment | |||||
| No Schooling | 31.5% | 0.5 | 23.1% | 0.4 | 42.7*** |
| Attended Some Primary School | 21.6% | 0.4 | 20.5% | 0.4 | 5.9*** |
| Completed Primary School | 46.8% | 0.5 | 56.4% | 0.5 | −41.4*** |
| Knows Modern Method of Contraception | 90.1% | 0.3 | 94.0% | 0.2 | −34.5*** |
| Country-Level Independent Variables | |||||
| Child Mortality Rate | 126.0 | 53.6 | 91.8 | 48.1 | 2.7** |
| % in School | 64.2% | 0.3 | 71.7% | 0.2 | −1.2 |
| Total Fertility Rate | 5.1 | 1.3 | 4.4 | 1.4 | 2.0* |
| HIV Prevalence | 4.4 | 5.7 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 0.5 |
| GDP Per Capita | 601.8 | 598.8 | 990.5 | 978.6 | −1.9* |
| % of Population Living in Urban Area | 32.2% | 0.2 | 36.7% | 0.2 | −1.13 |
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Notes: Estimates in this table are weighted to adjust for regional variation in sampling within countries (individual-level variables only) and for differences in population size across countries (all variables). Population estimates for adults aged 15–45 were obtained from the United Nations Population Division (UNPD 2012) For binary variables, the percent of women who report characteristic of interest is provided. T-statistic compares average values for first survey and last survey. Estimates are weighted to adjust for regional variation in sampling within countries (individual-level variables only) and for differences in population size across countries (all variables).