Fertility Research and Practice

Table 4 Socioeconomic and demographic fertility differentials for 1988/89 to 2011 based on DHS surveys

From: Has Uganda experienced any stalled fertility transitions? Reflecting on the last four decades (1973–2011)

Variable	DHS Year
Variable	1988/89			1995			2000/01			2006			2011
Age	Coef.	95 % CI		Coef.	95 % CI		Coef.	95 % CI		Coef.	95 % CI		Coef.	95 % CI
15-19	0.07	0.05	0.08	0.05	0.04	0.06	0.04	0.03	0.05	0.05	0.04	0.05	0.04	0.03	0.04
20-24	0.09	0.07	0.11	0.06	0.05	0.07	0.05	0.04	0.06	0.06	0.05	0.07	0.05	0.04	0.07
25-29	0.09	0.07	0.11	0.06	0.05	0.07	0.04	0.03	0.05	0.05	0.04	0.06	0.04	0.04	0.05
30-34	0.07	0.05	0.09	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.04	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.03	0.05	0.04	0.03	0.04
35-39	0.06	0.05	0.08	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.03	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.02	0.04	0.03	0.02	0.03
40-44	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.01
45-49	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.01
	Rate ratios
	DHS year
Variable	1988/89			1995			2000/01			2006			2011
Education
None^Rc	1.0			1.0			1.0			1.0			1.0
Primary	0.97			1.07**			1.01			1.05			1.06
Secondary	0.93			.95			.78***			0.96			1.04
Residence
Urban^Rc	1.0			1.0			1.0			1.0			1.0
Rural	1.11*			1.23***			1.3***			1.12**			1.17**
Marital Status
Single^Rc	1.0			1.0			1.0			1.0			1.0
Married	3.8***			4.6***			5.9***			6.4***			6.71***
Formerly	2.8***			3.1***			3.6***			4.2***			4.55***
Wealth Index
Poorest^Rc							1.0			1.0			1.0
Poorer							0.98			0.96			0.91**
Middle							1.10**			0.94			0.92*
Richer							1.08*			0.93			0.88***
Richest							1.05			0.75***			0.71***
Contraceptive use
Not Using ^Rc	1.0			1.0			1.0			1.0			1.0
Using method	1.12			1.11**			1.06*			0.93*			1.00

* p < 0.1; ** p < 0.05; *** p < 0.01 , ^Rc Reference Category

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