Research Article
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 | | | | 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.
|