Table 3 Age, desired and actual marital ages, desired and actual numbers of children, number of family members, percentage of unmarried women, and artificial abortion rate stratified according to residential area

Age (years)

35.77 ± 10.12*

35.49 ± 10.55*

40.05 ± 13.44*

36.02 ± 10.93*

Desired marital age (years)

27.03 ± 2.69*

26.53 ± 2.54*

26.10 ± 2.30*

26.12 ± 2.15*

Actual marital age (years)

26.75 ± 4.51*^#

26.75 ± 4.51*^#

25.83 ± 4.58*

25.76 ± 3.55^#

Desired children number (male-female)

2.54 ± 0.66*

2.49 ± 0.72*^#

2.73 ± 0.73*

2.66 ± 0.58^#

(1.25:1.39)

(1.21:1.33)

(1.31:1.47)

(1.24:1.50)

Actual number of children

1.70 ± 0.90*

1.60 ± 0.81*^#

2.09 ± 0.82*^#

2.03 ± 0.86*^#

Number of family members

3.25 ± 1.14*^#

3.05 ± 1.06*

3.84 ± 1.52*^#

3.67 ± 1.16*^#

Unmarried women (%)

28.71

16.89

16.31

31.58

Abortion rate (%)

12.68*

11.17*

6.79*

10.42