Table 1 Distribution of live births, by selected characteristics and according to interbirth interval
Variable | N | %/Mean (SD) | Interbirth interval | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
< 24 months | 24–60 months | > 60 months | |||
Overall | 2852 | 100.0 | 19.2 | 64.8 | 16 |
Migration status *** | |||||
Non-migrant | 1053 | 36.9 | 18.5 | 62.9 | 18.6 |
Migrant | |||||
< 5 years in Cotonou | 289 | 10.1 | 28.5 | 61.7 | 9.7 |
5–10 years in Cotonou | 497 | 17.4 | 17.9 | 69.2 | 12.9 |
> 10 years in Cotonou | 1014 | 35.5 | 17.9 | 65.5 | 16.6 |
Migrated for job or school reason(ns) | |||||
Yes | 358 | 12.5 | 20.7 | 64.1 | 15.3 |
No | 2494 | 87.5 | 19.0 | 64.9 | 16.1 |
Education *** | |||||
No education | 1110 | 38.9 | 21.3 | 64.7 | 14.0 |
Primary | 1001 | 35.1 | 18.8 | 65.8 | 15.4 |
Secondary or higher | 741 | 26.0 | 16.5 | 63.7 | 19.8 |
Employment ** | |||||
Employed | 1732 | 60.7 | 17.6 | 65.9 | 16.6 |
Unemployed | 1121 | 39.3 | 21.7 | 63.2 | 15.2 |
Ideal number of children *** | |||||
0–3 children | 777 | 27.2 | 17.3 | 63.4 | 19.3 |
> 3 children | 2076 | 72.8 | 19.9 | 65.3 | 14.8 |
Modern contraceptive use (ns) | |||||
User | 416 | 14.6 | 18.4 | 68.4 | 13.2 |
Non-user | 2436 | 85.4 | 19.3 | 64.2 | 16.5 |
Religion * | |||||
Muslim | 438 | 15.4 | 22.7 | 63.5 | 13.8 |
Non-Muslim | 2414 | 84.6 | 18.5 | 65.0 | 16.4 |
Marital status *** | |||||
Married | 2446 | 85.7 | 17.9 | 66.0 | 16.1 |
Unmarried | 407 | 14.3 | 27.0 | 57.4 | 15.6 |
Had children of box sexes (ns) | |||||
Yes | 483 | 16.9 | 19.8 | 61.9 | 18.2 |
No | 2370 | 83.1 | 19.1 | 65.4 | 15.6 |
Maternal age at birth index(a) | 24.0 (0.1) | 24.3 (0.2) | 23.9 (0.1) | 23.7 (0.3) | |
Previous number of live births(a) | 2.1 (0.0) | 2.2 (0.1) | 2.1 (0.0) | 2.1 (0.1) | |
Previous number of child deaths(a) | 0.1 (0.0) | 0.2 (0.0) | 0.1 (0.0) | 0.1 (0.0) | |