Table 3 Multivariate logistic regression findings for desire for more children among married, non-pregnant fecund women aged 15–49
Variables | Want no more vs. want more children /undecided |
|---|---|
| Â | OR (95% CI) |
Family sex composition | Â |
No living children | 0.01 (0.00–0.02)*** |
Zero sons, one or more daughters | 0.10 (0.07–0.13)*** |
Zero daughters, one or more sons | 0.44 (0.33–0.58)*** |
Equal number of sons and daughters | 0.98 (0.72–1.34) |
Have both sons and daughters, but have more daughters than sons (ref) | 1.00 |
Have both sons and daughters, but have more sons than daughters | 3.73 (2.40–5.81)*** |
Age group | Â |
15–24 | 0.04 (0.03–0.06)*** |
25–29 | 0.07 (0.05–0.11)*** |
30–34 | 0.13 (0.09–0.21)*** |
35–39 | 0.33 (0.21–0.53)*** |
40+ (ref) | 1.00 |
Education | Â |
None | 0.45 (0.36–0.57)*** |
1–11 years | 0.69 (0.56–0.83)*** |
12+ complete (ref) | 1.00 |
Employed in the past 12Â months | Â |
Yes | 1.51 (1.21–1.90)*** |
No (ref) | 1.00 |
Wealth quintile (six city) | Â |
Poorest | 0.94 (0.76–1.16) |
Poor | 0.88 (0.71–1.10) |
Medium | 0.96 (0.77–1.19) |
Rich | 0.93 (0.74–1.17) |
Richest (ref) | 1.00 |
Caste | Â |
Scheduled caste/tribe | 0.63 (0.50–0.79)*** |
Other backward/extreme backward caste | 0.73 (0.61–0.86)*** |
None (ref) | 1.00 |
Religion | Â |
Muslim | 0.41 (0.34–0.49)*** |
non-Muslim (ref) | 1.00 |
City | Â |
Agra | 0.72 (0.57–0.92)** |
Aligarh | 0.99 (0.79–1.24) |
Allahabad | 1.16 (0.91–1.47) |
Gorakhpur (ref) | 1.00 |
Moradabad | 0.78 (0.63–0.98)* |
Varanasi | 1.00 (0.79–1.27) |
Residence | Â |
Slum | 0.94 (0.81–1.10) |
Non-slum (ref) | 1.00 |
Parity | Â |
0–1 | 0.02 (0.02–0.03)*** |
2 | 0.31 (0.24–0.39)*** |
3 | 0.43 (0.33–0.57)*** |
4+ (ref) | 1.00 |