Research Article
Variations in Desired Family Size and Excess Fertility in East Africa
Table 4
Mean ideal number of children by country according to religion, education, and wealth.
| | National level | Kenya | Tanzania | Uganda | Rwanda | | 4.3 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 3.6 | | Christians | Muslims | Christians | Muslims | Christians | Muslims | Christians | Muslims |
| | Educational level | | | | | | | | | | No education | 5.9 | 8.3 | 5.8 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | | Inc. primary | 4.1 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 3.2 | | Comp. primary | 3.7 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 3.5 | 3.1 | | Secondary and + | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 5.7 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | | Wealth index | | | | | | | | | | Poorest | 4.9 | 8.3 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 3.6 | 3.4 | | Poorer | 4.0 | 7.4 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | | Middle | 4.0 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 2.6 | | Richer | 3.6 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 6.2 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.0 | | Richest | 3.1 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| | Total Religion | 3.8 | 6.7 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
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Source: computation from the datasets.
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