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. 2020 Jan 16;20:8. doi: 10.1186/s12905-020-0881-4

Table 2.

TFR by age at first sex, age at first marriage, ideal family size and contraception status

Characteristic 2006 2016
TFR P value 95% CI TFR P value 95% CI
Age at first sex
  < 15 years 7.2 < 0.001 6.692–7.640 5.7 < 0.001 5.458–6.012
 15–19 years 7.1 < 0.001 6.813–7.380 6.0 < 0.001 5.836–6.139
 20+ 7.4 < 0.001 7.034–7.852 4.4 < 0.001 4.057–4.683
Age at first marriage
 Never married 2.3 < 0.001 1.685–2.889 2.5 < 0.001 1.956–3.121
  < 15 years 7.5 < 0.001 6.975–8.078 6.0 < 0.001 5.580–6.344
 15–19 years 7.8 < 0.001 7.505–8.066 6.5 < 0.001 6.286–6.647
 20+ 6.8 < 0.001 6.274–7.276 5.8 < 0.001 5.519–6.091
Ideal family size preferences
 0–2 children 4.3 < 0.001 3.710–4.957 4.2 < 0.001 3.812–4.643
 3–4 children 6.5 < 0.001 6.161–6.824 5.2 < 0.001 5.054–5.412
 5+ children 8.1 < 0.001 7.785–8.420 6.6 < 0.001 6.416–6.823
 Non-numeric 8.1 < 0.001 6.933–9.291 6.3 < 0.001 5.354–7.338
Contraception status
 No 7.5 < 0.001 7.274–7.750 5.9 < 0.001 5.733–6.044
 Yes 6.1 < 0.001 5.678–6.471 5.8 < 0.001 5.587–6.012