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. 2018 Jun 5;18:85. doi: 10.1186/s12905-018-0580-6

Table 3.

Family size preference and pregnancy preparedness of respondents

Variables Number percent
Number of alive children (n = 1301)
 1 224 16.6
 2–4 658 50.7
 5–7 339 26.1
 8–12 85 6.6
Number of < 5 children (n = 1266)
 0 35 2.8
 1 859 67.9
 2–5 372 29.4
Number of children family should have (n = 1301)
 1 38 2.9
 2–4 1019 78.3
 5–10 244 18.8
Like to have more children (n = 1330)
 No 577 43.4
 Yes 730 54.8
 Do not know 23 1.7
Numbers of more children like to have (n = 675)
 1 259 34.8
 2 253 34.0
 3+ 163 22.0
Plan to have another birth (n = 736)
 Within 2 years 60 8.0
 After 2 years 584 77.5
 Do not know 92 12.2
Number of child partner want (n = 1254)
 Both want same number 844 62.7
 Husband want more children 285 21.2
 Husband want fewer children 125 9.3