Table 1: Descriptive statistics of variables.
|
Model 1 (N=33,924) |
Model 2 (N= 8069) |
| Variable |
Size Percentage |
Size Percentage |
| 15-35 |
27364 |
81% |
6706 |
83% |
| 36-49 |
6560 |
19% |
1363 |
17% |
| North Central |
5875 |
17% |
1528 |
19% |
| North East |
7211 |
21% |
566 |
7% |
| North West |
10305 |
30% |
960 |
12% |
| South East |
3798 |
11% |
1269 |
16% |
| South South |
3202 |
9% |
1480 |
18% |
| South West |
3533 |
10% |
2266 |
28% |
| Urban |
11699 |
34% |
4219 |
52% |
| Rural |
22225 |
66% |
3850 |
48% |
| Other Church |
10326 |
30% |
4390 |
54% |
| Catholic |
2913 |
9% |
1101 |
14% |
| Islam |
20412 |
60% |
2483 |
31% |
| Traditional |
116 |
0.8% |
11 |
0.1% |
| Education(Higher) |
2636 |
8% |
1468 |
18% |
| Education (Complete) |
10351 |
31% |
3770 |
47% |
| Education(Incomplete) |
5546 |
16% |
1516 |
19% |
| Education(No education) |
15391 |
45% |
1315 |
16% |
| Able to read |
13847 |
41% |
5560 |
69% |
| Cannot Read |
20066 |
59% |
2509 |
31% |
| Richest |
4778 |
14% |
2434 |
30% |
| Richer |
6166 |
18% |
2088 |
26% |
| Middle |
7171 |
21% |
1702 |
21% |
| Poorer |
7743 |
23% |
1116 |
14% |
| Poorest |
8066 |
24% |
729 |
9% |
| total child ever-born(<5) |
20472 |
60% |
6530 |
81% |
| total child ever-born(>4) |
13452 |
40% |
1539 |
19% |
| Use of contraceptives (Modern method) |
4101 |
12% |
1561 |
19% |
| No method |
28468 |
84% |
5920 |
73% |
| Traditional method |
1182 |
3% |
544 |
7% |
| husband education(higher) |
4593 |
14% |
1816 |
23% |
| Secondary |
11009 |
32% |
3630 |
45% |
| primary |
4637 |
14% |
921 |
11% |
| no education |
11551 |
34% |
941 |
12% |
| age at first birth (15-18) |
16474 |
49% |
2305 |
29% |
| (above 18) |
17450 |
51% |
5764 |
71% |
| Ideal no of children(0-4) |
8069 |
24% |
|
|
| Ideal no of children(>4) |
25855 |
76% |
|
|
Computed by Author, 2020 based on NDHS 2018 data.