Variations in Desired Family Size and Excess Fertility in East Africa

Table 2

Percentage of women with two children or more whose desired fertility is greater than, equal to, or less than their actual fertility.

Country	Category of desired fertility	Number of living children
		2	3	4	5	6	7	8+	Total
	Greater	72.7	59.3	33.1	29.7	25.9	22.8	18.3	47.7
Kenya	Equal	24.7	24.0	41.5	16.5	21.2	11.1	13.9	24.8
	Less	2.6	16.7	25.4	53.8	52.9	66.3	67.8	27.5
	Greater	96.2	92.0	72.1	59.9	42.9	42.8	26.1	77.3
Tanzania	Equal	3.7	6.4	21.6	19.0	29.0	13.0	15.0	10.8
	Less	0.2	1.6	6.3	21.2	28.2	44.3	58.9	11.9
	Greater	93.2	87.3	59.5	55.4	32.0	31.5	15.4	60.8
Uganda	Equal	5.7	6.3	32.0	13.0	26.0	8.1	7.7	14.2
	Less	1.0	6.4	8.5	31.6	42.0	60.4	76.9	25.0
	Greater	82.3	55.8	23.6	16.6	11.0	10.6	6.1	41.5
Rwanda	Equal	17.0	33.6	39.2	11.7	10.7	4.0	6.5	22.1
	Less	0.7	10.6	37.2	71.7	78.3	85.4	87.4	36.4

Source: computation from the datasets.