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Ramesh Babu Kafle

Table 2d. Life table analysis of the fifth birth interval of currently married women who have married only once by selected background charac-
teristics, NDHS-2011

Months by which 50% Proportion attaining fifth birth within (Months)
Background characteristics Number of cases women attained fifth birth 24 60 120
Year of third birth
2003–2011 774 97.00 0.095 0.413 -
1993–2003 1,200 49.50 0.161 0.532 0.595
Before 1993 415 32.64 0.280 0.745 0.802
Residence
Urban 476 NA 0.132 0.420 0.476
Rural 1,923 45.36 0.172 0.574 0.642
Women’s Education
No education 1,878 44.79 0.117 0.585 0654
Primary 325 120.00 0.128 0.432 0.500
>Primary 186 NA 0.039 0.264 0.282
Work Status of Women
Not working 327 57.70 0.155 0.503 0.561
Agriculture 1,787 45.99 0.173 0.564 0.630
Non-agriculture 275 81.30 0.117 0.450 0.522
Exposure to Media
Low 1,147 40.92 0.170 0.626 0701
High 1,242 79.35 0.159 0.468 0.527
Household wealth Index
Poorest 750 38.64 0.191 0.691 0.775
Poorer 538 48.42 0.175 0.544 0.640
Middle 433 64.86 0.153 0.483 0.550
Richer 385 100.83 0.128 0.465 0.501
Richest 283 NA 0.142 0.371 0.415
Age of mother at fourth birth
Less than 25 640 38.84 0.201 0.635 0.713
25 and more 1,749 57.99 0.150 0.508 0.567
Sex of fourth child
Male 1,201 73.58 0.147 0.470 0.536
Female 1,188 40.92 0.181 0.618 0.683
Survival of fourth child
Survived >1 year 2,247 52.43 0.144 0.530 0.596
Died in infancy 142 25.41 0.477 0.740 0.797
All 2,389 49.56 0.164 0.543 0.608
Note: ‘NA’ means the median is not applicable for that category because less than 50 percent women attained next birth within 120 months from the previous birth
Source: Computed by the author from NDHS 2011 data

3.2 The Second Birth

Results in Table 3 show that the age of mother at first birth, sex of the first child, survival status of
the first child beyond infancy, and the year of birth are the most significant factors to determine the
occurrence of the second birth. Similarly, women’s education, work status and household wealth also
have some net significant effect on the occurrence of the second birth. Relative risk of the

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