Changes in Fertility Decline in Rwanda: A Decomposition Analysis

Table 2

Percentage of women that were pregnant in the last 24 months and odds ratios by selected characteristics (1992, 2000, and 2010).

Variable	Category	1992	2000	2010	2000/1992	2010/2000
		%	%	%	OR	OR
Marital status	Never married	6.1	5.4	8.8	0.89	1.63
	In a union	52.2	59.6	38.7	1.14	0.65
	Widowed	13.0	11.4	7.7	0.88	0.68
	Separated	21.8	19.8	22.4	0.91	1.13
Woman’s child mortality experience	None	40.0	39.6	28.0	0.99	0.71
	One or more	45.2	47.8	34.0	1.06	0.71
Number of living children 24 months prior to the interview	0–2	42.3	44.8	32.8	1.06	0.73
	3	49.3	45.5	29.7	0.92	0.65
	4	42.0	41.2	22.1	0.98	0.54
	5+	33.3	30.7	17.4	0.92	0.57
Contraceptive use	Not using	43.7	41.6	31.3	0.95	0.75
	Folkloric/traditional	33.4	41.8	27.5	1.25	0.66
	Modern	23.4	41.0	23.0	1.75	0.56
Age	20–24	39.1	43.4	30.1	1.11	0.69
	25–29	53.3	56.9	41.3	1.07	0.73
	30–34	51.1	53.0	35.9	1.04	0.68
	35–39	41.9	41.4	25.0	0.99	0.60
	40–44	25.7	27.0	15.3	1.05	0.57
	45–49	8.6	6.5	2.5	0.76	0.38
Education level	No education	41.1	39.3	26.5	0.96	0.67
	Primary	42.0	43.8	30.9	1.04	0.71
	Modern	31.7	37.4	19.9	1.18	0.53
Place of residence	Urban	33.0	36.4	24.4	1.10	0.67
	Rural	41.4	42.5	29.3	1.03	0.69
Total number of women		5079	7694	10708