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Table 2 Age, desired and actual marital ages, desired and actual numbers of children, number of family members, and artificial abortion rate stratified according to marital status

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

 

Married

Unmarried

 

(n = 1234)

(n = 362)

Age (years)

37.59 ± 10.83*

31.44 ± 9.83*

Desired marital age (years)

26.50 ± 2.30*

27.60 ± 2.87*

Actual marital age (years)

26.89 ± 4.49

 

Desired children number (male:female)

2.59 ± 0.70*

2.43 ± 0.65*

 

(1.25:1.41)

(1.20:1.31)

Actual number of children

1.74 ± 0.86

1.82 ± 0.96

Number of family members

3.25 ± 1.23*

3.49 ± 1.10*

Abortion rate (%)

8.63*

34.48*

  1. The data are expressed as mean ± SD values, unless otherwise indicated. The asterisk indicates a pair of significant difference (p < 0.05).