Table 5.

The comparison of age and fertility characteristics averages according to women's income levels

Fertility characteristics	Income equivalent to expenditure X±SS	Income higher than the expenditure X±SS	Income less than expenditure X±SS	KW; p
Number of births	3.55±2.62	2.29±.99	3.68±2.44	7.967; .019
Number of children	3.46±2.63	2.29±99	3.65±2.33	8.396; .015
Number of children wanted	3.50±2.19	2.67±.76	2.86±1.46	3.215; .200
Number of total miscarriages	1.52±.68	1.33±.57	1.59±.67	0.550; .759
Age at first marriage	19.56± 3.10	21.29±2.59	18.96±2.90	15.190; .001
Age at first pregnancy	20.51±3.60	22.13±2.38	19.82±2.86	14.765; .001

KW=Kruskal-Wallis Test