Research Article
Fertility Decline in Rwanda: Is Gender Preference in the Way?
Table 3
Preferred gender combinations in 2000, 2005, and 2010 of women having three children or more.
| | Year | Prefered number of boys | Prefered number of girls | | No preference | 1 daughter | 2 daughters | 3 or more daughters | Total |
| | | No Pref. | 471 (12.6%) | 8 (0.2%) | 9 (0.2%) | 2 (0.1%) | 490 (13.1%) | | 2000 | 1 son | 8 (0.2%) | 178 (4.8%) | 67 (1.8%) | 33 (0.9%) | 286 (7.6%) | | 2 sons | 4 (0.1%) | 129 (3.4%) | 962 (25.7%) | 351 (9.4%) | 1446 (38.6%) | | | 3 and more | 5 (0.1%) | 76 (2.0%) | 393 (10.5%) | 1049 (28.0%) | 1523 (40.7%) |
| | | Total | 488 (13.0%) | 391 (10.4%) | 1431 (38.2%) | 1435 (38.3%) | 3745 (100%) |
| | | No Pref. | 645 (15.3%) | 4 (0.1%) | 5 (0.1%) | 5 (0.1%) | 659 (15.6%) | | 2005 | 1 son | 9 (0.2%) | 246 (5.8%) | 80 (1.9%) | 23 (0.5%) | 358 (8.5%) | | 2 sons | 15 (0.4%) | 188 (4.5%) | 1428 (33.8%) | 285 (6.8%) | 1916 (45.4%) | | | 3 and more | 10 (0.2%) | 92 (2.2%) | 394 (9.3%) | 790 (18.7%) | 1286 (30.5%) |
| | | Total | 679 (16.1%) | 530 (12.6%) | 1907 (45.2%) | 1103 (26.1%) | 4219 (100%) |
| | | No Pref. | 1137 (23.4%) | 3 (0.1%) | 5 (0.1%) | 2 (0.0%) | 1147 (23.6%) | | 2010 | 1 son | 16 (0.3%) | 470 (9.7%) | 256 (5.3%) | 23 (0.5%) | 765 (15.7%) | | 2 sons | 10 (0.2%) | 555 (11.4%) | 1331 (27.3%) | 187 (3.8%) | 2083 (42.8%) | | | 3 and more | 19 (0.4%) | 75 (1.5%) | 283 (5.8%) | 495 (10.5%) | 872 (17.9%) |
| | | Total | 1182 (24.3%) | 1103 (22.7%) | 1875 (38.5%) | 707 (14.5%) | 4867 (100%) |
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