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

Table 3

Multivariate poisson regression results for the 2016 survey.

Variable	IRR	P-value	95% CI
Education level
No education	1.000
Primary	0.870	0.001	0.849–0.892
Secondary+	0.685	0.001	0.660–0.711
Wealth
Poor	1.000
Middle	1.021	0.081	0.997–1.046
Rich	0.982	0.160	0.957–1.007
Sex of household head
Male	1.000
Female	0.983	0.170	0.959–1.007
Current working status
Not working	1.000
Working	1.062	0.001	1.032–1.093
Polygamy
No cowife	1.000
Has cowife	1.084	0.001	1.060–1.109
Single/not sure	0.956	0.003	0.927–0.985
Knowledge of any family planning methods
No knowledge	1.000
Has knowledge	0.998	0.990	0.777–1.283
Exposure to family planning messages
Not exposed	1.000
Exposed	0.971	0.005	0.951–0.991
Contraceptive use
Not using	1.000
Using	1.146	0.001	1.124–1.168
Age at first sex
Below 15	1.000
15–19	0.906	0.001	0.883–0.929
20+	0.762	0.001	0.26–0.799
Family size preferences
0–2	1.000
3–4	1.077	0.016	1.014–1.145
5+	1.382	0.001	1.301–1.468
Nonnumeric	1.514	0.001	1.407–1.628
Age at first marriage
Not yet married	1.000
Below 15	3.726	0.001	3.319–4.182
15–19	3.369	0.001	3.013–3.768
20+	3.102	0.001	2.771–3.472