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Table 3 Women age at birth and birth spacing by number of children, educational attainment, religion and residence

From: Fertility differential of women in Bangladesh demographic and health survey 2014

Characteristics

All

Education

Religion

Residence

No education

Primary

Secondary

Higher

Muslim

Non- Muslim

Urban

Rural

Among those with one child

Average age at first birth

19.0

18.9

17.9

18.5

22.3

18.9

20.1

19.7

18.5

Among those with two children

Average age at first birth

18.0

17.5

17.1

17.9

21.9

17.9

18.8

18.6

17.7

Average age at 2nd birth

23.7

23.7

22.8

23.4

27.5

23.6

24.4

24.5

23.2

Year between 1st and 2nd child

5.7

6.2

5.7

5.5

5.6

5.7

5.6

5.9

5.5

Among those with three children

Average age at first birth

17.2

17.0

16.9

17.5

20.9

17.2

17.7

17.5

17.1

Average age at 2nd birth

21.9

21.9

21.4

22.1

25.4

21.9

22.3

22.1

21.8

Average age at 3rd birth

26.8

26.9

26.2

26.9

30.2

26.8

26.8

27.2

26.6

Year between 1st and 2nd child

4.7

4.9

4.5

4.6

4.5

4.7

4.7

4.6

4.7

Year between 2n and 3rd child

4.9

5.0

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.9

4.5

5.1

4.7

Year between 1st and 3rd child

9.6

9.9

9.3

9.4

9.3

9.6

9.2

9.7

9.5

  1. Inferences: all boldface are significant at 0.1% level of significance