Table 9.

Odds of having exceeded one’s ideal family size based on the total number of living children at the time of survey, comparing men currently aged 40–49 who were married by age 18 with those married at or after 18 (reference group)

Country	Percentage of men exceeding their ideal family size		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 = 996	53.4 (39.2–67.1)	49.1 (45.1–53.1)	1.19 (0.65–2.16)	0.574	1.22 (0.68–2.20)	0.508	1.11 (0.60–2.06)	0.728
	P = 0.574
Comoros N = 316	21.8 (10.8–39.0)	20.8 (14.5–28.9)	1.06 (0.42–2.67)	0.898	–	–	–	–
	P = 0.898
Guatemala N = 1616	50.3 (42.9–57.8)	31.7 (28.7–34.8)	2.19 (1.57–3.05)	< 0.001	2.26 (1.62–3.15)	< 0.001	2.15 (1.54–3.01)	< 0.001
	P < 0.001
Honduras N = 1109	48.3 (38.5–58.1)	33.5 (29.7–37.4)	1.85 (1.21–2.85)	0.005	1.87 (1.21–2.87)	0.005	1.81 (1.18–2.78)	0.007
	P = 0.004
Madagascar N = 1193	22.4 (14.5–33.0)	21.3 (18.5–24.5)	1.07 (0.60–1.87)	0.821	1.05 (0.60–1.83)	0.872	0.97 (0.56–1.70)	0.921
	P = 0.820
Nepal N = 873	69.3 (62.4–75.5)	44.7 (40.0–49.4)	2.80 (1.96–3.99)	< 0.001	3.02 (2.11–4.32)	< 0.001	2.63 (1.85–3.72)	< 0.001
	P < 0.001
Nicaragua N = 848	53.2 (42.3–63.7)	30.9 (26.0–36.3)	2.54 (1.54–4.18)	< 0.001	2.62 (1.59–4.31)	< 0.001	–	–
	P < 0.001

For Mozambique, estimates for men aged 40–49 who were married by age 18 were based on fewer than 25 unweighted cases, so values are not shown. For Comoros, estimates for men aged 40–49 who were married by age 18 were based on 35 unweighted cases, so additional models were not used