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Table 2 Desire for more children by explanatory variables (n = 232,784 weighted)

From: Drivers of desire for more children among childbearing women in sub-Saharan Africa: implications for fertility control

Determinants

Frequency

(n)

Percentage

(%)

Desire for more children

%[95% CI]

Bivariate logistic regression

    

cOR

Lower

Upper

Age

 15–19

10,952

4.7

95.3[94.8–95.9]

1

-

-

 20–24

39,321

16.9

91.3[91.0–91.8]

0.58***

0.52

0.63

 25–29

52,378

22.5

83.2[82.7–83.7]

0.27***

0.25

0.29

 30–34

46,206

19.8

67.6[66.9–68.3]

0.11***

0.10

0.12

 35–39

38,558

16.6

49.3[48.5–50.0]

0.05***

0.05

0.06

 40–44

26,875

11.6

29.5[28.8–30.0]

0.02***

0.02

0.03

 45–49

18,494

7.9

15.3[14.6–16.0]

0.01***

0.01

0.01

Highest educational level

 No education

91,834

39.5

69.3[68.7–69.8]

1

-

-

 Primary

72,358

31.1

60.0[59.4–60.5]

0.67***

0.66

0.68

 Secondary

60,054

25.8

66.7[66.1–67.4]

0.90***

0.88

0.92

 Higher

8538

3.7

65.6[64.1–67.1]

0.81***

0.77

0.85

Partner’s highest educational level

 No education

79,114

34.0

70.9[70.3–71.5]

1

-

-

 Primary

62,759

27.0

59.2[58.6–59.8]

0.59***

0.58

0.60

 Secondary

73,475

31.6

65.3[64.8–65.9]

0.79***

0.77

0.81

 Higher

17,436

7.5

66.3[65.3–67.3]

0.79***

0.76

0.81

Parity

 One birth

39,400

16.9

94.4[94.0–94.7]

1

-

-

 Two births

44,071

18.9

83.9[83.3–84.4]

0.33***

0.31

0.34

 Three births

38,635

16.6

72.4[71.8–73.1]

0.16***

0.16

0.17

 Four or more births

110,677

47.5

47.1[46.4–47.7]

0.05***

0.05

0.06

Current use of contraceptives

  No

161,963

69.6

69.3[68.8–69.7]

1

-

-

  Yes

70,821

30.4

56.8[56.3–57.4]

0.58***

0.57

0.59

Exposure to mass media

 No

71,829

30.9

68.3[67.8–68.9]

1

-

-

 Yes

160,955

69.1

64.2[63.7–64.7]

0.85***

0.83

0.86

Ideal number of children

    

 0–3

45,448

19.5

50.8[50.1–51.6]

1

-

-

 4–5

85,945

36.9

64.7[64.3–65.2]

0.82***

1.78

1.87

6+

101,391

43.6

72.2[71.6–72.7]

2.57***

2.51

2.64

Decision making autonomy

Respondent alone

16,056

6.9

48.9[47.7–50.1]

1

-

 

Otherwise

216,728

93.1

66.6[66.2–67.0]

1.91***

1.85

1.98

Number of living children

 0

2321

1.0

96.6[95.6–97.5]

1

-

-

 1–3

132,802

57.1

82.2[81.8–82.6]

0.19***

0.15

0.23

 4+

97,662

41.9

43.3[42.7–43.9]

0.03***

0.02

0.04

Type of place of residence

 Urban

79,553

34.2

63.4[62.8–64.1]

1

-

-

 Rural

153,231

65.8

66.6[66.1–67.0]

1.11***

1.09

1.13

Wealth index

 Poorest

54,275

23.3

69.1[68.4–69.9]

1

-

-

 Poorer

48,520

20.8

66.8[66.1–67.4]

0.90***

0.88

0.93

 Middle

45,632

19.6

65.1[64.4–65.8]

0.84***

0.81

0.86

 Richer

43,324

18.6

64.2[63.5–64.9]

0.81***

0.79

0.84

 Richest

41,033

17.6

62.7[62.0–63.5]

0.77***

0.75

0.79

  1. *** = p < 0.001; ** = p < 0.01 and * = p < 0.05, cOR crude Odds Ratio, CI Confidence Interval
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