. 2019 Aug 16;19:25. doi: 10.1186/s12914-019-0212-8

Table 6.

Among ever-married men aged 20–29 and 40–49, the mean number of children ever fathered and mean number of living children, by men’s age at marriage

Country	Ever-married men currently aged 20–29				Ever-married men currently aged 40–49
	Mean number of children fathered		Mean number of living children		Mean number of children fathered		Mean number of living children
	Married by age 18	Married at/ after age 18	Married by age 18	Married at/ after age 18	Married by age 18	Married at/ after age 18	Married by age 18	Married at/ after age 18
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2.09 (1.90–2.28)	1.48 (1.38–1.58)	1.97 (1.78–2.16)	1.39 (1.29–1.49)	6.42 (5.55–7.28)	4.52 (4.32–4.72)	5.38 (4.60–6.16)	3.98 (3.81–4.14)
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	P < 0.001		P < 0.001		P < 0.001		P < 0.001
Comoros	2.10 (1.03–3.17)	0.98 (0.73–1.23)	1.77 (0.90–2.64)	0.96 (0.71–1.20)	8.33 (6.25–10.42)	4.68 (4.11–5.25)	7.33 (5.96–8.70)	4.37 (3.87–4.87)
Comoros	P = 0.046		P = 0.077		P = 0.001		P < 0.001
Guatemala	2.12 (1.96–2.28)	1.36 (1.30–1.41)	2.00 (1.85–2.16)	1.30 (1.25–1.36)	6.07 (5.68–6.46)	4.47 (4.31–4.64)	5.58 (5.22–5.95)	4.22 (4.06–4.37)
Guatemala	P < 0.001		P < 0.001		P < 0.001		P < 0.001
Guyana	0.90 (0.52–1.29)	0.78 (0.63–0.94)	0.87 (0.50–1.25)	0.75 (0.60–0.90)	3.88 (2.70–5.07)	3.31 (3.00–3.61)	3.66 (2.64–4.68)	3.14 (2.85–3.43)
Guyana	P = 0.556		P = 0.535		P = 0.358		P = 0.343
Honduras	1.86 (1.70–2.02)	1.17 (1.10–1.24)	1.79 (1.63–1.95)	1.14 (1.07–1.21)	5.29 (4.72–5.87)	4.14 (3.96–4.32)	4.99 (4.47–5.51)	3.96 (3.79–4.12)
Honduras	P < 0.001		P < 0.001		P < 0.001		P < 0.001
Madagascar	2.35 (2.14–2.56)	1.53 (1.44–1.61)	2.25 (2.05–2.44)	1.47 (1.39–1.56)	5.97 (5.28–6.66)	4.71 (4.54–4.88)	5.41 (4.79–6.02)	4.41 (4.25–4.56)
Madagascar	P < 0.001		P < 0.001		P < 0.001		P = 0.002
Mozambique	2.89 (2.56–3.21)	1.59 (1.47–1.72)	2.42 (2.12–2.72)	1.38 (1.27–1.49)	–	–	–	–
Mozambique	P < 0.001		P < 0.001
Nepal	2.19 (1.90–2.48)	1.02 (0.90–1.13)	2.00 (1.73–2.28)	0.97 (0.86–1.08)	4.45 (4.20–4.69)	3.43 (3.24–3.62)	3.99 (3.77–4.22)	3.07 (2.92–3.23)
Nepal	P < 0.001		P < 0.001		P < 0.001		P < 0.001
Nicaragua	1.41 (1.26–1.55)	1.08 (0.98–1.17)	1.38 (1.24–1.52)	1.05 (0.96–1.15)	5.39 (4.80–5.98)	3.65 (3.39–3.91)	4.96 (4.42–5.51)	3.48 (3.23–3.73)
Nicaragua	P < 0.001		P < 0.001		P < 0.001		P < 0.001
Thailand	1.24 (1.09–1.38)	0.79 (0.72–0.86)	1.23 (1.09–1.38)	0.78 (0.72–0.85)	2.17 (1.92–2.43)	1.78 (1.73–1.83)	2.12 (1.90–2.34)	1.75 (1.70–1.80)
Thailand	P < 0.001		P < 0.001		P = 0.002		P = 0.001

For Mozambique, estimates for men aged 40–49 who were married by age 18 are based on fewer than 25 unweighted cases, so values are not shown