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Published in final edited form as: Popul Dev Rev. 2026 Jan 12;52(1):70–93. doi: 10.1111/padr.70043

Table 4. Average Marginal Effects (AMEs) from logistic regression predicting unrealized fertility among men and women with two or more children.

	Men				Women
	Model 1		Model 2		Model 1		Model 2
	AMEs	p-value	AMEs	p-value	AMEs	p-value	AMEs	p-value
Ever experienced infertility
No (Ref.)
Yes	0.026		0.025		0.105	^***	0.103	^***
Age at first union
25 or less (Ref.)
26–30			0.033				0.018
31–35			0.074	^**			0.039	^*
Above 35			0.020
							–0.015
Relationship history
In first union (Ref.)
Separated			0.056				0.004
Repartnered			0.040				0.026
In 3+ union			0.068				0.049	^*
Never been in a union			0.114				0.047
Education
Non-tertiary (Ref.)
Tertiary			0.046	^**			0.091	^***
N	2,569		2,569		3,798		3,798
Pseudo-R²	0.036		0.045		0.022		0.033

NOTE: All models control for education and country. Reference category: having a larger or equal to ideal family size.

SOURCE: Authors’ calculations based on GGSII data.

Significance levels:

p < 0.05,

^**

p < 0.01,

^***

p < 0.001.