Gender roles perceptions and ideal number of children: case study of Emirati youth

Table 4 Poisson regression results assessing relationship between gender equality statements and ideal number of children among Emirati youths, 2019

	IRR	95% CI	95% p-value
Negative impact of working mother on child-rearing
Disagree
Agree	1.03	0.90,1.17	0.66
Importance of motherhood and family for women
Disagree
Agree	1.07	0.96,1.19	0.24
Husband/male participation in HH work and child-rearing
Disagree
Agree	0.87*	0.79,0.97	0.01
Traditional societal perspective
Disagree
Agree	0.94	0.86,1.03	0.21
Importance of economic independence of women
Disagree
Agree	0.87*	0.78,0.97	0.01
Gender
Male
Female	0.84*	0.75,0.94	0.00
Age
19–22
23–30	1.06	0.95,1.18	0.28
Father’s education
Primary or less
Basic secondary	1.09	0.91,1.31	0.33
High School	1.04	0.85,1.26	0.73
Undergraduate	0.98	0.81,1.18	0.81
Graduate and above	0.97	0.78,1.21	0.79
Mother’s education
Primary or less
Basic secondary	1.00	0.83,1.22	0.97
High School	0.91	0.74,1.11	0.33
Undergraduate	0.93	0.75,1.14	0.47
Graduate and above	1.04	0.82,1.31	0.77
Time spent by father in HH activities	1.02	0.99,1.05	0.00
Time spent by mother in HH activities	1.00*	0.99,1.00	0.00
Social ladder	1.00	1.00,1.01	0.12
Total number of children born to mother	1.03*	1.01,1.05	0.00
Constant	4.13*	3.06,5.58	0.00

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