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Table 2 Estimated indices of proximate determinants of fertility for selected variable (2006)

From: The contribution of contraception, marriage and postpartum insusceptibility to fertility levels in Uganda: an application of the aggregate fertility model

Variable

Category

Cm

Cc

Ci

Ca

TFR

Religion

Catholic

0.756688

0.81124

0.72359

1.0

6.8

 

Protestant

0.688570

0.76740

0.74156

1.0

6.0

 

Moslem

0.723129

0.71102

0.75700

1.0

6.0

 

Other

0.677555

0.78402

0.73206

1.0

5.9

Region

Kampala

0.532694

0.52907

0.81400

1.0

3.5

 

Central

0.680401

0.66009

0.76805

1.0

5.3

 

Eastern

0.776696

0.79588

0.74267

1.0

7.0

 

Northern

0.773491

0.90037

0.69493

1.0

7.4

 

Western

0.749218

0.77022

0.73475

1.0

6.5

Residence

Rural

0.761407

0.81240

0.72966

1.0

6.9

 

Urban

0.562910

0.56882

0.79239

1.0

3.9

Wealth Index

Poorest

0.815166

0.92263

0.71200

1.0

8.2

 

Poor

0.767808

0.85478

0.71023

1.0

7.1

 

Middle

0.739220

0.81104

0.71968

1.0

6.6

 

Richer

0.759015

0.73921

0.75614

1.0

6.5

 

Richest

0.577128

0.53849

0.79618

1.0

3.8

Education

None

0.830933

0.89279

0.70547

1.0

8.0

 

Primary

0.748226

0.78791

0.73233

1.0

6.6

 

Secondary +

0.611473

0.56484

0.79904

1.0

4.2

TOTAL

UGANDA

0.722717

0.78179

0.73502

1.0

6.4

  1. Note: C m Index of marriage, C c Index of contraception, C i Index of postpartum infecundability, C a Index of abortion, TFR Total fertility rate