Fertility Behaviour and Effect of Son Preference among the Muslims of Manipur, India
Table 2
Association of age at marriage and age at first conception with fertility.
Age cohort
Association of age at marriage with fertility
Association of age at 1st conception with fertility
Woman (%)
Mean conception
Mean live birth
Woman* (%)
Mean conception
Mean live birth
<15
2.15
6.09
5.00
2.21
6.09
5.00
15–19
61.91
4.20
3.56
59.44
4.34
3.70
20–24
33.59
3.50
2.82
34.54
3.59
2.92
25–29
2.15
1.91
1.36
3.01
2.73
1.73
30–34
0.20
3.00
2.00
0.40
5.50
2.00
>34
0
0.00
0.00
0.40
2.00
1.00
Total
100
3.95
3.29
100
3.95
3.29
*14 ever married women have not yet conceived and are excluded from calculating mean conception and mean live birth related to age at first conception.
