Research Article
Fertility Decline in Rwanda: Is Gender Preference in the Way?
Table 2
The percentage of women with three or more living children who want to have another child.
| Variable name | Year | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | Yes % | Total# | Yes % | Total# | Yes % | Total# |
| Gender balance and mortality | | | | | | | Mixed offspring: no mortality (Ref) | 34.7 | 1479 | 29.7 | 1705 | 16.3 | 2312 | Mixed offspring: lost either sex | 23.2 | 1850 | 19.7 | 2006 | 9.7 | 1933 | Sons only: no loss of daughter(s) | 53.6 | 151 | 38.7 | 181 | 26.0 | 242 | Daughters only: no loss of son(s) | 58.1 | 129 | 42.7 | 157 | 34.1 | 205 | Sons only: lost daughter(s) | 36.7 | 60 | 34.9 | 86 | 23.8 | 84 | Daughters only: lost son(s) | 38.2 | 76 | 35.7 | 84 | 20.9 | 91 | Marital status | | | | | | | Married or living together | 40.3 | 2676 | 31.9 | 3284 | 17.8 | 3954 | Widowed/divorced/separated | 6.6 | 1069 | 5.6 | 935 | 3.3 | 913 | Media exposure | | | | | | | No exposure (Ref) | 30.3 | 3009 | 25.5 | 3265 | 15.0 | 3183 | Radio and newsletter | 34.5 | 357 | 30.5 | 609 | 14.2 | 402 | TV | 30.3 | 379 | 23.5 | 345 | 15.8 | 1282 | Housing and hygienic conditions | | | | | | | Destitute | 28.9 | 1414 | 24.0 | 1414 | 15.3 | 1180 | Poor | 32.1 | 1494 | 27.3 | 1942 | 15.2 | 2426 | Nonpoor | 31.1 | 837 | 26.3 | 863 | 14.8 | 1261 | Education | | | | | | | None | 25.3 | 1613 | 20.8 | 1493 | 10.5 | 1248 | Primary | 35.2 | 1772 | 29.3 | 2354 | 17.1 | 3151 | Secondary and higher | 32.8 | 360 | 26.1 | 372 | 13.9 | 468 | Respondent’s occupation | | | | | | | No occupation | 29.4 | 520 | 27.3 | 718 | 17.3 | 446 | Agriculture | 31.5 | 2894 | 26.4 | 3102 | 14.6 | 3863 | Blue collar jobs (unskilled) | 25.8 | 217 | 23.1 | 273 | 17.1 | 462 | White collar jobs (managers; clerks …) | 23.7 | 114 | 16.7 | 126 | 14.6 | 96 | Residence | | | | | | | Urban (Ref) | 25.9 | 691 | 22.0 | 829 | 14.1 | 623 | Rural | 31.8 | 3054 | 27.0 | 3390 | 15.2 | 4244 | Mothers’ religion | | | | | | | Catholics (Ref) | NA | NA | 24.7 | 1951 | 12.1 | 2151 | Protestants | NA | NA | 27.7 | 1504 | 18.8 | 1860 | Adventists | NA | NA | 27.1 | 564 | 15.8 | 676 | Muslims | NA | NA | 17.7 | 96 | 5.6 | 72 | No Religion | NA | NA | 26.7 | 75 | 14.0 | 100 |
| Total | | 3745 | | 4219 | | 4867 |
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Sources: RDHS 2000 [11], RDHS 2005 [12], and RDHS 2010 [10].
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