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Table 2 Percentage of never married women by number of children and various characteristics

From: Determinants of fertility in Rwanda in the context of a fertility transition: a secondary analysis of the 2010 Demographic and Health Survey

 

Total children ever born

 

No child

1-3 children

4+ children

p-value

 

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

 

Overall (n = 1,220)

49.6

[46.5-52.7]

48.3

[45.3-51.3]

2.1

[1.4-3.1]

 

Age in 5-year groups

15-19 (n = 332)

77.0

[71.8-81.5]

23.0

[18.5-28.2]

0.0

--

<0.001

20-24 (n = 462)

50.4

[45.2-55.6]

49.6

[44.4-54.8]

0.0

--

 

25-29 (n = 243)

28.8

[23.2-35.2]

69.8

[63.5-75.4]

1.4

[0.4-4.3]

 

30-34 (n = 78)

39.5

[29.0-51.1]

54.5

[43.1-65.5]

5.9

[2.2-15.0]

 

35-39 (n = 48)

12.1

[5.1-26.1]

76.1

[61.5-86.4]

11.9

[5.3-24.4]

 

40-44 (n = 41)

18.9

[10.0-32.6]

60.2

[45.1-73.5]

21.0

[11.0-36.4]

 

45-49 (n = 16)

13.5

[3.3-41.5]

67.4

[40.9-86.1]

19.0

[6.2-45.8]

 

Province

Kigali city (n = 284)

57.9

[51.6-64.0]

40.7

[34.6-47.1]

1.4

[0.4-4.4]

0.001

South (n = 281)

37.8

[31.9-44.2]

58.1

[51.8-64.1]

4.1

[2.3-7.1]

 

West (n = 229)

55.5

[48.3-62.4]

43.2

[36.5-50.2]

1.3

[0.4-3.8]

 

North (n = 170)

50.3

[42.0-58.6]

47.4

[39.8-55.1]

2.4

[0.9-5.8]

 

East (n = 256)

48.8

[42.7-55.0]

49.9

[43.9-56.0]

1.2

[0.4-3.8]

 

Type of place of residence

Urban (n = 328)

54.2

[48.5-59.7]

44.8

[39.3-50.5]

1.0

[0.3-3.1]

0.101

Rural (n = 892)

48.2

[44.5-51.9]

49.3

[45.7-52.9]

2.4

[1.6-3.6]

 

Highest educational level

No education (n = 124)

27.6

[20.3-36.2]

67.1

[58.2-74.9]

5.3

[2.5-11.0]

<0.001

Primary (n = 810)

48.2

[44.5-51.8]

49.8

[46.2-53.4]

2.0

[1.2-3.3]

 

Secondary (n = 238)

60.6

[54.0-66.9]

38.6

[32.3-45.2]

0.8

[0.2-3.1]

 

Higher (n = 48)

85.0

[71.8-92.7]

15.0

[7.3-28.2]

0.0

--

 

Type of earnings from respondent's work

Not paid, in-kind only (n = 282)

52.8

[46.4-59.1]

44.8

[38.4-51.3]

2.4

[1.2-5.1]

<0.001

Cash only, or cash and in-kind (n = 718)

43.4

[39.5-47.3]

54.0

[50.2-57.8]

2.6

[1.6-4.1]

 

Not currently working (n = 220)

66.3

[58.6-73.2]

33.7

[26.8-41.4]

0.0

--

 

Wealth index

Poorest (n = 199)

36.0

[29.6-42.9]

58.9

[52.1-65.4]

5.1

[2.8-9.2]

<0.001

Poorer (n = 181)

36.9

[29.9-44.5]

60.3

[52.4-67.7]

2.8

[1.2-6.6]

 

Middle (n = 213)

50.1

[42.8-57.3]

48.5

[41.3-55.8]

1.4

[0.5-4.3]

 

Richer (n = 196)

53.9

[46.4-61.2]

44.0

[37.0-51.3]

2.1

[0.8-5.5]

 

Richest (n = 431)

60.5

[54.9-65.8]

39.0

[33.7-44.6]

0.5

[0.1-2.1]

 

Religion

Catholic (n = 529)

46.5

[42.0-51.1]

51.1

[46.6-55.6]

2.4

[1.4-4.1]

0.384

Protestant (n = 510)

52.7

[48.1-57.3]

44.8

[40.3-49.3]

2.5

[1.4-4.4]

 

Adventist (n = 138)

51.2

[42.9-59.4]

48.8

[40.6-57.1]

0.0

--

 

Muslim (n = 22)

46.0

[27.8-65.4]

54.0

[34.6-72.2]

0.0

--

 

Other (n = 21)

44.8

[24.9-66.5]

55.2

[33.5-75.1]

0.0

--

 

Ideal number of children

0-2 children (n = 564)

49.8

[45.0-54.6]

49.5

[44.7-54.3]

0.7

[0.2-1.8]

0.003

3 Children (n = 467)

48.6

[43.9-53.3]

49.2

[44.7-53.8]

2.2

[1.2-4.0]

 

4 children (n = 158)

53.1

[44.6-61.4]

40.8

[33.0-49.2]

6.1

[3.2-11.2]

 

5+ children (n = 27)

48.5

[29.3-68.1]

45.0

[26.0-65.5]

6.5

[1.6-23.0]

 

Unmet need for spacing/limiting

Not sexually active (n = 949)

53.4

[49.9-56.9]

45.1

[41.7-48.6]

1.5

[0.9-2.5]

<0.001

Unmet need (n = 70)

59.4

[47.7-70.2]

37.1

[26.7-48.9]

3.4

[0.9-12.6]

 

No unmet need (n = 168)

20.3

[14.3-27.9]

74.3

[66.6-80.7]

5.4

[2.8-10.3]

 

Infecund, menopausal (n = 33)

68.1

[51.5-81.1]

31.9

[18.9-48.5]

0.0

  

Number of siblings of respondent

0-4 (n = 367)

51.2

[45.6-56.7]

46.2

[40.8-51.8]

2.6

[1.3-4.9]

0.014

5-7 (n = 531)

52.6

[48.1-57.2]

46.5

[42.0-51.0]

0.9

[0.4-2.1]

 

8-20 (n = 321)

43.2

[37.9-48.6]

53.3

[47.7-58.9]

3.5

[1.9-6.3]

 

Age at first sex

8-18 (n = 803)

53.8

[50.1-57.4]

44.0

[40.5-47.6]

2.2

[1.4-3.5]

0.005

19-24 (n = 311)

41.7

[35.5-48.1]

56.4

[50.1-62.5]

2.0

[0.9-4.4]

 

25-49 (n = 71)

45.3

[33.8-57.2]

54.7

[42.8-66.2]

0.0

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