Table 8.

The mean number of children desired among ever-married men currently aged 40–49, by men’s age at marriage

Country	Married by age 18	Married at/after age 18
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) N = 996 P = 0.003	3.87 (3.36–4.38)	3.09 (3.00–3.22)
Comoros N = 316 P = 0.026	9.68 (6.88–12.47)	6.56 (5.88–7.26)
Guatemala N = 1616 P = 0.010	4.34 (4.01–4.67)	3.88 (3.74–4.03)
Honduras N = 1109 P = 0.541	4.19 (3.67–4.71)	4.02 (3.84–4.71)
Madagascar N = 1193 P = 0.001	7.33 (6.10–8.57)	5.29 (5.10–5.49)
Nepal N = 873 P < 0.018	2.61 (2.48–2.74)	2.43 (2.35–2.52)
Nicaragua N = 891 P = 0.343	4.27 (2.82–5.73)	3.56 (3.31–3.81)

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