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Table 4 Age, desired and actual marital ages, desired and actual numbers of children, number of family members, and artificial abortion rate stratified according to the residential area of the women aged 30–39 and 40–49 years

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

Age range, 30–39 years>

 

Urban

Semi-urban

Rural

 

(n = 301)

(n = 182)

(n = 63)

Age (years)

34.30 ± 2.72

34.03 ± 2.82

34.63 ± 2.64

Desired marital age (years)

26.77 ± 2.48

27.10 ± 2.22

26.51 ± 2.53

Actual marital age (years)

27.24 ± 4.95*

28.37 ± 4.22*#

27.24 ± 3.84#

Desired children number (male:female)

2.53 ± 0.70

2.46 ± 0.60*

2.71 ± 0.60*

(1.27:1.38)

(1.16:1.33)

(1.23:1.51)

Actual number of children

1.66 ± 0.80

1.54 ± 0.78*

1.81 ± 0.80*

Number of family members

3.16 ± 1.10*

3.01 ± 0.91#

3.91 ± 1.69*#

Abortion rate (%)

13.87*

9.06

5.83*

<Age range, 40–49 years>

 

Urban

Semi-urban

Rural

 

(n = 149)

(n = 72)

(n = 57)

Age (years)

43.93 ± 3.03

43.99 ± 3.01

44.04 ± 2.66

Desired marital age (years)

27.21 ± 2.31*

27.10 ± 2.76

26.45 ± 2.02*

Actual marital age (years)

26.30 ± 4.00*#

27.92 ± 5.18*

27.85 ± 6.16#

Desired children number (male:female)

2.54 ± 0.62*

2.56 ± 0.66#

2.82 ± 0.66*#

(1.18:1.44)

(1.25:1.41)

(1.40:1.52)

Actual number of children

1.51 ± 0.83*#

1.82 ± 0.90*†

2.29 ± 0.79*#†

Number of family members

3.12 ± 0.98*

3.41 ± 1.17#

4.27 ± 1.37*#

Abortion rate (%)

11.76*#

4.84*

4.48#

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