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. 2022 Jun 9;10:879672. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.879672

Table 2.

The overall intention for the number of children among study participants.

n %
The number of ideal children among all couples (n = 1,026)
1 326 31.77
2 667 65.01
3 32 3.12
≥4 1 0.10
Mean ± SD 1.72 ± 0.52
The number of ideal children among couples with one child (n = 802)
1 322 40.15
2 468 58.35
3 12 1.50
≥4 0 0.00
Mean ± SD 1.61 ± 0.52
The number of ideal children among couples with two children (n = 224)
1 4 1.79
2 199 88.84
3 20 8.93
≥4 1 0.45
Mean ± SD 2.06 ± 0.34
Intention for a second child
No 540 67.33
Yes 130 16.21
Undecided 132 16.46
Intention for a third child
No 184 82.14
Yes 21 9.38
Undecided 19 8.48