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Table 2. (Continued)
Characteristic Ideal number of children Chi‑square
N (%) P‑value
0‑3 4 5+
Number of co-wives <0.001
Monogamous 1,329 (12.26) 2,851 (26.31) 6,657 (61.43)
Polygynous 222 (7.83) 320 (11.29) 2,294 (80.89)
Number of living children <0.001
4 – 10 96 (6.59) 220 (15.03) 1,146 (78.39)
0 246 (11.86) 392 (18.88) 1,437 (69.26)
1 562 (14.43) 987 (25.32) 2,348 (60.26)
2 433 (11.28) 1,057 (27.56) 2,346 (61.16)
3 214 (8.90) 517 (21.48) 1,675 (69.62)
Experience of child death <0.001
No 1,398 (12.17) 2,843 (24.77) 7,239 (63.06)
Yes 154 (7.00) 328 (14.96) 1,712 (78.04)
Age at first marriage <0.001
<20 506 (6.58) 1,013 (13.17) 6,173 (80.25)
20+ 1,045 (17.47) 2,158 (36.09) 2,778 (46.44)
Year of marriage <0.001
2008 – 2013 769 (9.73) 1,664 (21.06) 5,469 (69.21)
2013 – 2018 782 (13.55) 1,507 (26.12) 3,482 (60.33)

Table 3. Multinomial logistic regression of ideal number of children and selected characteristics of the study population
Variable RRR (95% Confidence Interval)
0 – 3 versus 5 4 versus 5
Age
15 – 19 (Ref)
20 – 24 1.07 (0.78 – 1.48) 0.81 (0.65 – 1.00)
25 – 29 0.99 (0.67 – 1.47) 0.83 (0.63 – 1.08)
30 – 34 1.16 (0.73 – 1.83) 0.81 (0.59 – 1.13)
35 – 49 0.91 (0.54 – 1.51) 0.75 (0.51 – 1.12)
Marital status
Married (Ref)
Living together 1.28 (0.93 – 1.76) 0.94 (0.72 – 1.23)
Region
North-central (Ref)
Northeast 0.64 (0.45 – 0.90)* 0.28 (0.22 – 0.37)***
Northwest 0.71 (0.52 – 0.96)* 0.34 (0.26 – 0.45)***
Southeast 0.38 (0.26 – 0.54)*** 0.65 (0.53 – 0.80)***
South-south 1.49 (1.09 – 2.03)* 1.15 (0.94 – 1.41)
Southwest 4.22 (3.24 – 5.48)*** 2.35 (1.88 – 2.94)***
Place of residence
Urban (Ref)
Rural 0.70 (0.57 – 0.87)** 0.81 (0.70 – 0.95)*
Religious affiliation
Catholic (Ref)
Other Christian 0.97 (0.73 – 1.30) 0.83 (0.68 – 1.00)
Islam 0.47 (0.33 – 0.66)*** 0.45 (0.34 – 0.59)***
Household wealth index
Poorest (Ref)
Poorer 1.04 (0.72 – 1.50) 0.98 (0.77 – 1.25)
Middle 1.04 (0.73 – 1.48) 1.04 (0.80 – 1.35)
Richer 1.24 (0.87 – 1.78) 1.07 (0.80 – 1.42)
Richest 1.45 (0.98 – 2.14) 1.26 (0.95 – 1.69)
(Contd...)

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