Variations in Desired Family Size and Excess Fertility in East Africa
Table 5
Log odds of being in excess fertility from the binary logistic regression.
Variable
Kenya
Tanzania
Uganda
Rwanda
Constant
−8.236***
−10.138***
−9.610***
−9.511***
No living children
1.809***
2.064***
1.715***
3.029***
No living children squared
−0.096***
−0.100***
−0.073***
−0.193***
Residence (ref. rural)
Urban
−0.078
0.153
0.316**
−0.020
Woman’s religion (ref. catholic)
Protestant
−0.124
−0.180
0.441**
−0.036
Muslim
−2.352***
−1.182***
0.085
−0.649
Others
−1.374***
−0.782***
0.555
0.155
Woman education (ref. no education)
Inc. primary
0.481
0.075
0.756***
0.145
Com. primary
1.053***
0.162
1.173***
0.331
Secondary and +
0.697*
0.279
1.404***
0.790***
Husband education (ref. no education)
Inc. primary
0.799***
0.270*
0.875***
0.074
Com. primary
0.898***
0.292*
0.796***
0.232*
Secondary and +
0.629***
0.140
0.950***
−0.083
Woman occupation (ref. cultivator)
Craftswoman
−0.932***
0.049
(—)
0.121
Worker in service
−0.126
0.590**
0.170
−0.019
Others
−0.299**
−0.126
−0.146
−0.303**
Wealth index (ref. poorest)
Poor
0.475***
0.273
0.133
−0.190
Middle
0.361**
0.331**
0.090
−0.080
Richer
0.548***
0.656***
0.001
−0.378***
Richest
0.531**
1.125***
0.042
−0.180
Husband desire for children (ref. same)
More
0.852***
0.261**
0.434***
−0.017
Fewer
0.303
0.172
−0.379**
−0.133
DK
0.212*
0.146
0.115
−0.174
Interaction effects
Protestant/education (ref. no education)
Inc. primary
0.169
−0.078
−0.418
−0.033
Com. primary
−0.391
0.289
−0.737**
−0.433
Secondary and +
0.324
0.855
−0.599*
−0.532*
Muslim/education (ref. no education)
Inc. primary
1.327**
0.463
−0.579
0.776
Com. primary
0.793
0.923***
−0.523
1.247
Secondary and +
2.194***
−0.132
−0.840*
−1.352
Other religions/education (ref. no education)
Inc. primary
0.464
0.168
−0.725
0.524
Com. primary
−1.100
−0.025
0.188
0.745
Secondary and +
1.819
(—)
(—)
−0.679
Pseudo-
0.513
0.493
0.527
0.631
4365
6022
4868
6337
Significant at 10% level, significant at 5% level, and significant at 1% level. (—) indicates that there are insufficient cases in this category to calculate a coefficient.
