Research Article
Fertility Behaviour and Effect of Son Preference among the Muslims of Manipur, India
Table 3
Association of education, occupation, PCAI, family type, BCM, and type of marriage with fertility.
| | Women (%) | Mean conception | Mean live birth | value for -test |
| Education | | | | | Illiterate | 44.53 | 4.77 | 3.99 | 0.00081 | Literate | 55.47 | 3.30 | 2.73 | Occupation | | | | | Housewife | 90.23 | 4.01 | 3.32 | 0.27 | Working | 9.77 | 3.44 | 2.98 | PCAI (Rs) | | | | | <10000 | 23.83 | 4.97 | 4.43 | | 10000–19999 | 49.02 | 3.98 | 3.23 | | 20000–29999 | 19.73 | 3.15 | 2.56 | | 30000–39999 | 6.25 | 2.78 | 2.06 | | 40000+ | 1.17 | 2.00 | 1.33 | | Family type | | | | | Nuclear | 71.29 | 4.39 | 3.68 | 0.0001 | Joint/extended | 29.71 | 2.86 | 2.32 | BCM | | | | | User | 20.12 | 4.54 | 3.52 | 0.094 | Nonuser | 79.88 | 3.80 | 3.23 | Type of marriage | | | | | Nonconsanguineous | 94.14 | 4.00 | 3.34 | 0.033 | Consanguineous | 5.86 | 3.17 | 2.50 |
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PCAI: Per capita annual income; BCM: birth control measures.
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