Childbearing desires and behaviour: a prospective assessment in Nairobi slums

Table 6 Hazard ratio of pregnancy since last birth: bivariable and multivariable analysis

	bivariable analysis				Multivariable analysis
	Hazard ratio	p-value	95% CI		Hazard ratio	p-value	95% CI
Fertility desire
Want no more	0.37	< 0.001	0.309	0.451	0.50	< 0.001	0.401	0.628
Want in 5+ years	0.48	< 0.001	0.406	0.574	0.57	< 0.001	0.472	0.678
Want in 2–4 years	1.00				1.00
Want in < 2 years	1.14	0.528	0.757	1.721	1.09	0.688	0.720	1.646
Undecided/want another, timing not specified/after marriage	0.44	< 0.001	0.319	0.621	0.66	0.025	0.466	0.949
Site
Korogocho	1.00				1.00
Viwandani	0.64	< 0.001	0.553	0.741	0.66	< 0.001	0.555	0.780
Education
Incomplete primary/no education	1.00				1.00
Completed primary	0.86	0.06	0.735	1.007	0.95	0.57	0.801	1.130
Secondary+	0.55	< 0.001	0.446	0.680	0.68	0.001	0.538	0.851
Age
15–19	1.00				1.00
20–24	0.89	0.276	0.730	1.094	0.90	0.327	0.718	1.117
25–29	0.71	0.003	0.572	0.891	0.76	0.047	0.584	0.997
30–49	0.60	< 0.001	0.473	0.771	0.62	0.003	0.453	0.845
Living children
1	1.00				1.00
2	0.80	0.015	0.667	0.958	0.84	0.077	0.684	1.020
3+	0.85	0.047	0.718	0.998	0.97	0.805	0.762	1.235
Marital status
Married/Living together	1.00				1.00
Previously married	0.46	< 0.001	0.313	0.685	0.55	0.004	0.369	0.824
Never married	0.46	< 0.001	0.331	0.630	0.42	< 0.001	0.293	0.597
Ethnicity
Kikuyu	1.00				1.00
Luhya	1.81	< 0.001	1.443	2.281	1.60	< 0.001	1.269	2.026
Luo	1.80	< 0.001	1.442	2.256	1.47	0.001	1.165	1.851
Kamba	1.30	0.027	1.030	1.649	1.45	0.004	1.127	1.855
Other	1.99	< 0.001	1.585	2.486	1.46	0.002	1.145	1.867

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