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Table 1 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 age group

From: Family size preference and factors affecting the fertility rate in Hyogo, Japan

 

20–29 years

30–39 years

40–49 years

50–59 years

Older than 60 years

 

(n = 484)

(n = 629)

(n = 309)

(n = 109)

(n = 71)

Desired marital age (years)

26.07 ± 2.35*#†

27.1 ± 2.37*#†

27.2 ± 2.53*#†

26.63 ± 2.48*†

25.59 ± 2.59*†

Actual marital age (years)

24.04 ± 2.75*

27.97 ± 3.91*#†

27.96 ± 5.41*#†

24.89 ± 4.35#

25.14 ± 5.07†

Desired number of children

2.46 ± 0.74#

2.53 ± 0.64†

2.65 ± 0.67*#†

2.74 ± 0.74*#†

2.80 ± 0.62*#†

(male:female)

(1.25:1.26)

(1.20:1.41)

(1.32:1.42)

(1.29:1.55)

(1.24:1.68)

Actual number of children

1.33 ± 0.67*#†

1.57 ± 0.81*#†

2.00 ± 0.96*

2.13 ± 0.68#

2.15 ± 0.73†

Number of family members

3.22 ± 1.22

3.16 ± 1.12†

3.64 ± 1.31*#

3.19 ± 1.13#

2.95 ± 1.26*

Unmarried women (%)

41.61

14.76

16.50

11.65

12.50

Abortion rate (%)

20.17*

8.44*#

7.47*#

9.84*#

16.39#

  1. The data are expressed as mean ± SD values, unless otherwise indicated. The superscripted symbols (*#†) indicate a pair of significant difference (p < 0.05).