Table 5.

The odds of having fathered three or more children at the time of survey, comparing men aged 20–29 who were married by age 18 with those married at or after 18 (reference group)

Country	Percentage of men aged 20–29 who fathered three or more children, by men’s age at marriage		Unadjusted odds ratios (Model 1)		Odds ratios adjusted for age (Model 2)		Odds ratios adjusted for age and household wealth (Model 3)
	Married by age 18	Married at/ after age 18	Odds ratio	P value	Odds ratio	P value	Odds ratio	P value
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) N = 780	31.4 (21.4–43.4)	14.5 (11.3–18.3)	2.69 (1.50–4.80)	< 0.001	5.37 (2.73–10.56)	< 0.001	6.17 (3.02–12.58)	< 0.001
	P < 0.001
Comoros N = 279	30.3 (19.2–44.3)	10.2 (5.7–30.3)	3.84 (1.61–9.14)	0.003	5.63 (2.47–12.80)	< 0.001	7.25 (2.49–21.16)	< 0.001
	P = 0.002
Guatemala N = 1807	31.9 (26.0–38.4)	12.4 (10.7–14.4)	3.30 (2.36–4.61)	< 0.001	6.80 (4.57–10.16)	< 0.001	6.88 (4.46–10.59)	< 0.001
	P < 0.001
Guyana N = 316	6.3 (2.2–16.8)	6.3 (4.0–9.6)	1.00 (0.31–3.28)	0.997	1.26 (0.37–4.31)	0.710	1.28 (0.40–4.07)	0.675
	P = 0.997
Honduras N = 1194	27.2 (21.8–33.3)	8.4 (6.7–10.4)	4.08 (2.82–5.90)	< 0.001	5.76 (3.82–8.68)	< 0.001	5.88 (3.84–9.01)	< 0.001
	P < 0.001
Madagascar N = 1308	40.2 (33.0–47.7)	17.9 (15.1–21.0)	3.08 (2.13–4.45)	< 0.001	6.89 (4.41–10.76)	< 0.001	6.90 (4.27–11.1)	< 0.001
	P < 0.001
Mozambique N = 811	60.0 (47.0–71.8)	21.8 (17.9–26.2)	5.39 (2.99–9.72)	< 0.001	11.10 (5.66–21.75)	< 0.001	10.14 (5.23–19.66)	< 0.001
	P < 0.001
Nepal N = 718	36.3 (26.4–47.5)	7.2 (5.0–10.2)	7.37 (4.18–13.0)	< 0.001	13.61 (7.39–25.06)	< 0.001	11.33 (6.01–21.36)	< 0.001
	P < 0.001
Nicaragua N = 1287	11.5 (7.8–16–8)	6.5 (4.7–8.8)	1.89 (1.09–3.25)	0.023	2.69 (1.53–4.75)	< 0.001	–	–
	P = 0.021
Thailand N = 2381	7.5 (4.4–12.3)	1.6 (0.8–3.0)	5.03 (2.15–11.75)	< 0.001	8.75 (3.76–20.33)	< 0.001	9.39 (3.95–22.32)	< 0.001
	P < 0.001