Table 2:

Descriptive statistics for predictors showing means and standard deviations¹

Domains	Mean or percent	Standard deviation
Demographic
% Married at Wave 6	0.731	0.444
% In nuclear household at baseline	0.387	0.487
Childbirth
Mean total live births by Wave 6	5.271	2.448
Mean successful births ratio at Wave 6	0.911	0.128
Mean age at first birth	20.923	3.409
Socioeconomic status
Education at Wave 1
% Primary education	0.559	0.496
% High school	0.294	0.455
% College	0.148	0.355
Mean wealth score at baseline	0.000	1.000
Mean urbanicity score at baseline	29.387	12.909
Health
% High BMI at Wave 1	0.301	0.459
% Chronic condition Wave 1	0.371	0.483
% Excellent self-rated health Wave 1	0.471	0.499

¹Means for dichotomous variables are also proportions.