Table 1.

Characteristics of participants (n = 104).

	Total N = 104	Women N = 53	Men N = 51
Sex	-	51%	49%
Fertility status
Have fewer children than desired	66%	60%	75%
Have more children than desired	15%	21%	10%
Have desired number of children	18%	19%	16%
Ever used contraception	89%	91%	88%
Experienced difficulty conceiving	17%	17%	18%
Tried unsuccessfully to become	12%	17%	6%
pregnant for > 2 years
Mean (range)
Age	28 (18–48)	27 (18–39)	29 (20–48)
Age at first sex	18 (10–27)	18 (13–24)	19 (10–27)
Age at first marriage	20 (15–28)	19 (15–28)	21 (15–28)
Age at first pregnancy/partner’s first	21 (16–28)	20 (16–26)	22 (16–28)
pregnancy
Number of living children	2.8 (0–8)	3.2 (1–8)	2.4 (0–8)
Desired family size	3.8 (2–8)	3.7 (2–8)	3.9 (2–8)
Years of education	5.4 (0–13)	5.0 (0–11)	5.8 (1–13)