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Table 4 Detailed poisson decomposition of children ever born

From: Determinants of change in fertility pattern among women in Uganda during the period 2006–2011

Variable

Due to change in characteristics (E)

Due to change in coefficients (C)

Coef

Std. Err

P-value

%

Coef

Std. Err

P-value

%

Age

 15–19

1.000

   

1.000

   

 20–24

−0.961

0.075

0.000

25.4

0.038

1.339

0.977

−1.0

 25–29

1.719

0.107

0.000

−45.4

0.249

1.999

0.901

−6.6

 30–34

−2.309

0.138

0.000

61.1

−0.063

0.996

0.950

1.7

 35–39

1.090

0.063

0.000

−28.8

0.190

1.444

0.895

−5.0

 40–44

−0.249

0.014

0.000

6.6

−0.021

0.616

0.973

0.5

 45–49

− 0.016

0.001

0.000

0.4

0.242

1.548

0.876

−6.4

Education level

 No education

1.000

   

1.000

   

 Primary

0.003

0.008

0.683

−0.1

1.030

6.220

0.868

−27.2

 Secondary+

−0.646

0.143

0.000

17.1

−0.211

1.301

0.871

5.6

Place of residence

 Urban

1.000

   

1.000

   

 Rural

−0.283

0.053

0.000

7.5

1.376

8.141

0.866

−36.4

Wealth index

 Poorest

1.000

   

1.000

   

 Poorer

0.033

0.016

0.037

−0.9

0.066

0.549

0.904

−1.8

 Middle

0.007

0.004

0.085

−0.2

− 0.185

1.191

0.877

4.9

 Richer

−0.009

0.003

0.007

0.2

0.309

1.828

0.866

−8.2

 Richest

−0.236

0.038

0.000

6.2

0.892

5.174

0.863

−23.6

Sex of household head

 Male

1.000

   

1.000

   

 Female

−0.006

0.001

0.000

0.1

1.082

6.368

0.865

−28.6

Current working status

 Not working

1.000

   

1.000

   

 Working

−0.109

0.140

0.436

2.9

−0.375

2.924

0.898

9.908

Polygamy

 No co-wife

1.000

   

1.000

   

 Has co-wife

−0.005

0.031

0.868

0.1

−0.597

3.531

0.866

15.8

 Not sure

−0.069

0.013

0.000

1.8

−1.108

6.560

0.866

29.3

Exposure to family planning messages

 No

1.000

   

1.000

   

 Yes

−0.394

0.127

0.002

10.4

−0.112

0.655

0.865

3.0

Source of modern family planning methods

 Non user

1.000

   

1.000

   

 Government

−0.028

0.116

0.807

0.7

0.050

0.372

0.892

−1.3

 Private

−0.024

0.026

0.353

0.6

−0.126

0.822

0.878

3.3

Contraceptive use

 Not using

1.000

   

1.000

   

 Using

0.301

0.105

0.004

−8.0

0.560

3.388

0.869

−14.8

Age at first sex

 Below 15

1.000

   

1.000

   

 15–19

0.391

0.119

0.001

−10.3

−0.394

2.518

0.876

10.4

 20+

−0.167

0.024

0.000

4.4

0.374

2.212

0.866

−9.9

 Don’t know

−0.587

0.178

0.001

15.5

−0.305

1.778

0.864

8.1

Family size preference

 0–2 Children

1.000

   

1.000

   

 3–4 Children

0.251

0.096

0.009

−6.6

0.915

5.640

0.871

−24.2

 5+ Children

−0.688

0.110

0.000

18.2

0.712

4.771

0.881

−18.8

Age at first marriage

 Never married

1.000

   

1.000

   

 Below 15

−0.417

0.033

0.000

11.0

−1.468

8.345

0.860

38.8

 15–19

−2.830

0.246

0.000

74.8

−3.842

21.673

0.859

101.6

 20+

2.105

0.217

0.000

−55.7

−1.604

9.118

0.860

42.4

Constant

   

2.671

14.963

0.858

−70.6

Total

−4.133

0.432

0.000

109.3

0.351

1.179

0.766

−9.3

  1. Note: Coef is the coefficient expressed in 1000.
  2. The entries in italics are significant at p<0.05