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

Table 2

Multivariate Poisson regression results for the 2006 survey.

Variable	IRR	P-value	95% CI
Education level
No education	1.000
Primary	0.933	0.001	0.905–0.961
Secondary+	0.764	0.001	0.721–0.809
Wealth
Poor	1.000
Middle	1.025	0.167	0.990–1.061
Rich	1.025	0.149	0.991–1.059
Sex of household head
Male	1.000
Female	1.025	0.152	0.991–1.060
Current working status
Not working	1.000
Working	1.057	0.016	1.010–1.107
Polygamy
No cowife	1.000
Has cowife	1.026	0.103	0.995–1.059
Single/not sure	0.907	0.001	0.870–0.946
Knowledge of any family planning methods
No knowledge	1.000
Has knowledge	1.101	0.002	1.035–1.172
Exposure to family planning messages
Not exposed	1.000
Exposed	0.993	0.602	0.966–1.020
Contraceptive use
Not using	1.000
Using	1.132	0.001	1.100–1.166
Age at first sex
Below 15	1.000
15–19	0.943	0.002	0.910–0.978
20+	0.942	0.002	0.907–0.979
Family size preferences
0–2	1.000
3-4’	1.132	0.005	1.038–1.238
5+	1.411	0.001	1.296–1.537
Nonnumeric	1.374	0.001	1.234–1.530
Age at first marriage
Not yet married	1.000
Below 15	4.121	0.001	3.479–4.881
15–19	3.708	0.001	3.144–4.372
20+	3.187	0.001	2.700–3.763