The Effects of Declining Fertility on Household Socioeconomic Conditions in Tanzania: A Comparative Study of Urban versus Rural Areas of Kwimba District, Mwanza Region
Table 2
Parameter statistics of logistic model of whether a woman gave birth in last 12 months.
Independent variable
Ngudu
Nyamikoma
Parameter estimate
Standard error
Odds ratio
Parameter estimate
Standard error
Odds ratio
Intercept
1.0985
1.0000
1.0657
1.0000
Index of wealth
0.0016
0.995
0.0452
1.0000
Study area (place of residence)
0.0000
1.000
1.0000
0.14
1.234
1.232
Highest level of education
No education
0.2013
0.2533
1.225
0.2311
0.2201
1.435
Primary
0.2969
0.2238
1.346
0.2322
0.2152
1.321
Secondary
0.2014
0.979
0.0012
0.1222
0.636
Higher
0.0000
0.1534
1.0000
0.0000
0.1233
0.734
Participation in labour force
Not working
0.0000
0.231
1.0000
0.0011
0.2361
0.2332
Agricultural work
0.184
0.575
−0.4433
0.0345
0.6578
Nonagricultural work
0.2257
0.682
0.16663
0.2135
0.4462
Age-at-first marriage
0.1624
0.0662
1.208
0.2433
0.0744
0.1101
Age
0.1345
0.0597
1.144
0.1343
0.0221
0.0231
Parity Progression
0
1.1458
0.1702
3.127
0.1212
0.1553
3.143
1 to 2
0.6344
0.1121
2.251
0.6755
0.1233
3.266
3 to 4
0.0000
0.1222
1.0000
0.0000
0.1322
2.252
Social transformation
0.1316
0.0496
1.133
0.1322
0.1551
3.212
(98 for Ngudu) and (98 for Nyamikoma). Significant at 0.05. Significant at 0.01. Significant at 0.001. Source: Kwimba fertility survey, 2015.
