From: Promoting family planning use after childbirth and desire to limit childbearing in Ethiopia
Preferences | No. of women | Mean | Std. deviation | Std. error | 95% CI for mean | F | Sig | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower | Upper | |||||||
Fertility preference | 90.43 | 0.000 | ||||||
Fecund | 2865 | 1.66 | .96 | .02 | 1.62 | 1.69 | ||
Pregnant | 881 | 1.64 | .90 | .03 | 1.58 | 1.70 | ||
Postpartum amenorrheic | 1956 | 1.66 | .94 | .02 | 1.62 | 1.71 | ||
In-fecund, menopausal | 1030 | 2.21 | 1.28 | .04 | 2.14 | 2.29 | ||
Total | 6732 | 1.74 | 1.02 | .01 | 1.72 | 1.77 | ||
Desire for more children | 50.64 | 0.000 | ||||||
Fecund | 2865 | 2.75 | 1.66 | .03 | 2.69 | 2.81 | ||
Pregnant | 881 | 2.97 | 1.41 | .05 | 2.88 | 3.07 | ||
Postpartum amenorrheic | 1956 | 2.92 | 1.51 | .03 | 2.86 | 2.99 | ||
In-fecund, menopausal | 1030 | 3.49 | 2.04 | .06 | 3.36 | 3.61 | ||
Total | 6732 | 2.94 | 1.67 | .02 | 2.90 | 2.98 | ||
Ideal number of children | 6.57 | 0.000 | ||||||
Fecund | 2868 | 15.10 | 28.33 | .53 | 14.06 | 16.14 | ||
Pregnant | 882 | 18.00 | 31.39 | 1.06 | 15.92 | 20.07 | ||
Postpartum amenorrheic | 1959 | 18.53 | 31.56 | .71 | 17.13 | 19.92 | ||
In-fecund, menopausal | 1031 | 15.21 | 28.06 | .87 | 13.49 | 16.92 | ||
Total | 6740 | 16.49 | 29.71 | .36 | 15.78 | 17.20 |