Table 3 Fertility preferences (Net Desire), child mortality and women’s BP in Ghana
From: Childhood mortality, intra-household bargaining power and fertility preferences among women in Ghana
Child mortality risk | Child mortality (Dummy) | Child mortality rate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 1 | Model 2 | |
CM (Risk, Dummy, rate) | 0.751*** | 0.779*** | 0.563*** | 0.589*** | 2.072*** | 2.118*** |
(0.222) | (0.225) | (0.077) | (0.080) | (0.277) | (0.293) | |
WBP (Index) | −0.054*** | − 0.010 | − 0.063*** | − 0.047** | − 0.062*** | − 0.056** |
(0.021) | (0.042) | (0.021) | (0.023) | (0.021) | (0.023) | |
Index*CM | −0.176 | − 0.078 | − 0.144 | |||
(0.151) | (0.052) | (0.191) | ||||
Urban location | 0.021 | 0.021 | −0.015 | −0.018 | − 0.014 | − 0.015 |
(0.070) | (0.070) | (0.072) | (0.072) | (0.071) | (0.071) | |
Age | −0.016** | − 0.016** | − 0.017*** | − 0.018*** | − 0.018*** | − 0.018*** |
(0.006) | (0.006) | (0.007) | (0.007) | (0.007) | (0.007) | |
Woman’s education | ||||||
Primary | −0.016 | − 0.012 | − 0.003 | 0.003 | − 0.003 | − 0.001 |
(0.093) | (0.093) | (0.094) | (0.094) | (0.094) | (0.094) | |
Secondary | −0.140 | − 0.138 | − 0.134 | −0.132 | − 0.134 | −0.132 |
(0.086) | (0.086) | (0.086) | (0.086) | (0.086) | (0.086) | |
Higher | −0.336** | − 0.340** | − 0.374** | − 0.372** | −0.371** | − 0.370** |
(0.155) | (0.155) | (0.159) | (0.159) | (0.160) | (0.160) | |
Husband’s education | ||||||
Primary | −0.095 | − 0.090 | − 0.075 | − 0.073 | −0.085 | − 0.084 |
(0.107) | (0.108) | (0.106) | (0.106) | (0.106) | (0.106) | |
Secondary | −0.079 | − 0.075 | − 0.054 | − 0.051 | − 0.067 | −0.066 |
(0.088) | (0.088) | (0.088) | (0.088) | (0.088) | (0.088) | |
Higher | −0.183 | − 0.181 | − 0.172 | − 0.173 | −0.192 | − 0.194 |
(0.118) | (0.118) | (0.119) | (0.118) | (0.119) | (0.119) | |
Household Wealth status | ||||||
Poor | −0.042 | − 0.038 | − 0.071 | − 0.066 | −0.076 | − 0.074 |
(0.088) | (0.088) | (0.089) | (0.089) | (0.088) | (0.088) | |
Middle | −0.170* | − 0.167* | − 0.225** | − 0.221** | −0.219** | − 0.218** |
(0.097) | (0.097) | (0.098) | (0.098) | (0.097) | (0.097) | |
Rich | −0.254** | −0.248** | − 0.309*** | −0.305*** | − 0.308*** | −0.305*** |
(0.112) | (0.112) | (0.113) | (0.113) | (0.113) | (0.113) | |
Richest | −0.019 | −0.018 | −0.090 | − 0.085 | −0.092 | − 0.090 |
(0.132) | (0.132) | (0.133) | (0.133) | (0.132) | (0.132) | |
Husband’s preference | −0.052 | − 0.057 | −0.060 | − 0.064 | −0.055 | − 0.057 |
(0.061) | (0.061) | (0.062) | (0.062) | (0.062) | (0.062) | |
Number of children | −0.152*** | −0.152*** | − 0.179*** | −0.180*** | − 0.167*** | −0.167*** |
(0.015) | (0.015) | (0.017) | (0.017) | (0.017) | (0.017) | |
NHIS coverage | −0.058 | −0.060 | −0.051 | − 0.049 | −0.051 | − 0.050 |
(0.060) | (0.060) | (0.061) | (0.061) | (0.061) | (0.061) | |
Husband’s age | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.003 |
(0.005) | (0.005) | (0.005) | (0.005) | (0.005) | (0.005) | |
Self employed | −0.060 | −0.058 | −0.042 | − 0.039 | −0.045 | − 0.044 |
(0.073) | (0.074) | (0.075) | (0.075) | (0.076) | (0.076) | |
Polygamous husband | 0.135* | 0.135* | 0.136* | 0.133* | 0.133* | 0.132* |
(0.079) | (0.079) | (0.080) | (0.080) | (0.080) | (0.080) | |
Constant | 2.257*** | 2.246*** | 2.464*** | 2.452*** | 2.453*** | 2.447*** |
(0.180) | (0.181) | (0.171) | (0.171) | (0.173) | (0.172) | |
Pseudo R2 | 0.078 | 0.078 | 0.083 | 0.084 | 0.086 | 0.086 |
N | 3600 | 3600 | 3398 | 3398 | 3398 | 3398 |