Determinants of Change in Fertility among Women in Rural Areas of Uganda

Table 1

Factors associated with fertility of rural women in 2006 and 2016.

Characteristic	2006				2016
	IRR	P-value	95% CI	IRR	P-value	95% CI
Education level
No education	1.000			1.000
Primary	0.901	0.001	0.874–0.928	0.810	0.001	0.789–0.832
Secondary+	0.589	0.001	0.553–0.628	0.508	0.001	0.488–0.528
Wealth
Poor	1.000			1.000
Middle	1.003	0.858	0.967–1.041	0.977	0.111	0.950–1.005
Rich	0.921	0.001	0.889–0.953	0.823	0.001	0.800–0.848
Sex of household head
Male	1.000			1.000
Female	0.933	0.001	0.903–0.964	0.893	0.001	0.870–0.916
Current working status
Not working	1.000			1.000
Working	1.151	0.001	1.089–1.216	1.157	0.001	1.115–1.201
Polygamy
No cowife	1.000			1.000
Has cowife	1.040	0.013	1.009–1.073	1.120	0.001	1.092–1.148
Single/not sure	0.735	0.001	0.702–0.768	0.732	0.001	0.709–0.757
Knowledge of any family planning methods
No knowledge	1.000			1.000
Has knowledge	1.042	0.175	0.982–1.105	0.884	0.405	0.662–1.181
Exposure to family planning messages
Not exposed	1.000			1.000
Exposed	0.974	0.078	0.946–1.003	0.908	0.001	0.886–0.930
Contraceptive use
Not using	1.000			1.000
Using	1.076	0.001	1.041–1.112	1.136	0.001	1.111–1.163
Age at first sex
Below 15	1.000			1.000
15–19	0.853	0.001	0.822–0.885	0.813	0.001	0.793–0.834
20+	0.919	0.001	0.882–0.956	0.577	0.001	0.549–0.607
Family size preferences
0–2	1.000
3–4’	1.282	0.001	1.155–1.423	1.178	0.001	1.093–1.270
5+	1.753	0.001	1.584–1.940	1.737	0.001	1.614–1.869
Nonnumeric	1.654	0.001	1.465–1.868	1.941	0.001	1.782–2.113
Age at first marriage
Not yet married	1.000			1.000
Below 15	5.622	0.001	4.762–6.638	5.534	0.001	4.929–6.214
15–19	4.796	0.001	4.069–5.654	4.468	0.001	3.986–5.009
20+	3.993	0.001	3.378–4.720	3.734	0.001	3.325–4.194