Table 4.

Interaction models estimating the effect of climate variability on fertility ideals and fertility preferences (60-month climate measures)

	By Parity		By Education		By Rural/Urban Status		By Region
	Model 5 Fertility Ideals	Model 6 Fertility Preferences	Model 7 Fertility Ideals	Model 8 Fertility Preferences	Model 9 Fertility Ideals	Model 10 Fertility Preferences	Model 11 Fertility Ideals	Model 12 Fertility Preferences
Temperature	−0.1670 ^***	0.0216 ^***	−0.1303 ^***	−0.0192 ^***	−0.1535 ^***	−0.0185 ^***	0.0120	−0.0077
Precipitation	0.0523 ^*	0.0095 ^**	0.0758 ^**	0.0036	0.0423	−0.0002	0.0625 ^**	0.0024
Temperature^*parity	0.0330 ^***	−0.0193 ^***
Precipitation^*parity	0.0031	−0.0044 ^**
Temperature^*primary school+			0.1367 ^***	0.0121 ^*
Precipitation^*primary school+			−0.0486	−0.0091
Temperature^*urban status					0.2328 ^***	0.0072
Precipitation^*urban status					0.0674 ^**	0.0019
Temperature^*East and Central Africa							−0.4052 ^***	−0.0178
Precipitation^*East and Central Africa							0.0226	0.0048
Temperature^*Southern Africa							−0.1332 ^**	−0.0131
Precipitation^*Southern Africa							−0.0536	−0.0095
Joint test, climate variables	^***	^***	^***	^***	^***	^***	^***	^**
Joint test, interaction terms	^**	^***	^***	^**	^***		^***
N	70,879	70,879	70,879	70,879	70,879	70,879	70,879	70,879
R²	0.3420	0.1702	0.3421	0.1683	0.3424	0.1682	0.3425	0.1683

Fixed effects for level-1 sub-national units and decade included in all model specifications; results not shown. Model controlled for age, number of children ever born, education, rural/urban status, and marital status.

p< 0.10

^**

p< 0.05

^***

p < 0.01.