Fertility Decline in Rwanda: Is Gender Preference in the Way?

Table 4

Binary logistic regression of the desire to have another child for women with at least three children (pooled data 2000, 2005, and 2010).

Variable	𝑁	𝐵		S.E	Odds Ratios
Gender balance and mortality	12831
Mixed offspring: no mortality (Ref)	5496
Mixed offspring: lost either sex	5789	−.056		.058	.945
Sons only: no loss of daughter(s)	574	.102		.108	1.108
Daughters only: no loss of son(s)	491	.365 **		.114	1.441
Sons only: lost daughter(s)	230	.371 *		.171	1.449
Daughters only: lost son(s)	251	.395 *		.168	1.485
Year of interview
2000 (Ref)	3745
2005	4219	−.483***		.060	.617
2010	4867	−1.452***		.067	.234
Number of living children (−3)		−.473***		.024	.623
Current age of the mother (−30)		−.099***		.005	.905
Marital status
In a union (Ref)	9914
Single/separated/widowed	2917	−2.094***		.093	.123
Media exposure
No exposure (Ref)	9457
Radio and newsletter	1368	−.027		.080	.974
TV	2006	.023		.082	1.023
Housing and hygienic conditions
Destitute (Ref)	9457
Poor	1368	.125 *		.059	.033
Nonpoor	2006	.028		.078	.721
Respondents’ education level
None (Ref)	4354
Primary	7277	.015		.059	1.015
Secondary and higher	1200	−.025		.111	.975
Respondents’ occupation
None (Ref)	1684
Agriculture	9859	.054		.077	1.056
Blue collar	952	.034		.116	1.034
White collar	336	−.417 *		.185	.659
Place of residence
Place of residence (Urban)Ref	2143
Place of residence (Rural)	10688	.464 ***		.083	1.590
Constant		.401		.119	1.493

Significance: ∗<0.05; ∗∗<0.01; ∗∗∗0.001.