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. 2018 Mar 20;13(3):e0194597. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194597

Table 3. Factors influencing women’s subsequent childbirths (ordinal logistic regression model; N = 2925).

Factor Coefficient S.E. OR (95% CI) p
Age during the first childbirth -0.199 0.013 0.820 (0.799–0.840) < .001
Residential area (ref: urban residential area) Rural -0.176 0.074 0.839 (0.723–0.964) .020
Education level (ref: ≤ high school) College/university≤ 0.139 0.088 1.149 (0.969–1.387) .094
Religious orientation (ref: no religion) Yes -0.226 0.076 0.798 (0.672–0.925) .003
Employment status (ref: no employment) Part-time -0.092 0.127 0.912 (0.715–1.183) .451
Full-time 0.055 0.079 1.057 (0.908–1.232) .495
Monthly household income (per $100) 0.008 0.003 1.008 (1.002–1.013) < .001
Perception about the value of marriage (score 1–4) 0.131 0.055 1.140 (1.024–1.266) .020
Perception about the value of children (score 1–3) 0.150 0.055 1.162 (1.050–1.305) .006
Social media influence (ref: no influence of social media) Yes 0.285 0.108 1.330 (1.081–1.631) .004
Influence by current government policies (ref: no influence by government policies) Incentives for maternity -0.294 0.188 0.745 (0.517–1.064) .056
Support for childcare -0.098 0.177 0.907 (0.625–1.276) .529

Note CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio