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Table 1 Results of separately regressing fertility levels (high versus low) on each demographic and socio-economic explanatory variable, North and South Gondar zones, northwest Ethiopia, 2007 (Bivariate analyses)

From: Differentials of fertility in North and South Gondar zones, northwest Ethiopia: A comparative cross-sectional study

Explanatory variable

Fertility level

Odds Ratio (crude)

95% Confidence Interval

 

High

Low

 

Lower

Upper

Place of residence

     

   Big towns

84

389

1.00

  

   Small towns

79

230

1.59

1.12

2.25

   Rural areas

848

794

4.95

3.83

6.38

Current marital status

     

   Married

889

1088

2.18

1.74

2.73

   Others

122

325

1.00

  

Educational level

     

   No education

884

989

1.00

  

   Primary

104

214

0.54

0.42

0.70

   Secondary and above

23

210

0.12

0.08

0.19

Source of drinking water

     

   Piped

349

803

1.00

  

   Protected well/spring

209

209

2.30

1.83

2.89

   Unprotected well/spring

250

179

3.21

2.56

4.04

   River water

203

222

2.10

1.68

2.64

Religion *

     

   Orthodox Christian

945

1312

1.00

  

   Moslem

64

95

0.94

0.67

1.30

Has radio

     

   Yes, functional

369

685

1.00

  

   Yes, non-functional

122

137

1.65

1.26

2.18

   No

520

591

1.63

1.37

1.94

Ethnicity *

     

   Amhara

974

1359

1.00

  

   Others

37

54

0.96

0.62

1.46

Number of children who have died

     

   0

513

1235

1.00

  

   1–2 children

382

166

5.54

4.49

6.83

   3 and above children

116

12

23.12

12.66

42.20

Occupation of the respondent

     

   Working (civil servant + trader + student)

28

151

1.00

  

   Farmer

117

108

5.84

3.61

9.45

   Housewife

832

992

4.52

2.99

6.84

   Others

34

162

1.13

0.66

1.96

   Main roof material

     

   Thatch/bamboo/reed

382

462

1.00

  

   Corrugated iron

629

951

0.80

0.68

0.95

When one of the family members gets sick, place where the sick person is taken first: *

     

   Modern health institutions

982

1379

1.00

  

   Traditional healers/holly water/etc.

29

34

1.20

0.73

1.98

Decision on own health care

     

   The woman herself

253

481

1.00

  

   Husband

119

96

2.36

1.73

3.21

   Both

637

806

1.50

1.25

1.81

   Other

2

30

0.13

0.03

0.54

Monthly household expenditure

     

   ≤ 320 Eth Birr

256

556

1.00

  

321 – 500 Eth Birr

309

487

1.38

1.12

1.69

501 – 999 Eth Birr

327

292

2.43

1.96

3.02

   ≥ 1000 Eth Birr

119

78

3.31

2.40

4.57

Is there any visible population increase in your (respondent's) dwelling area? *

     

   Yes

971

1353

1.00

0.62

1.40

   No

40

60

0.93

  

Choice of the respondent regarding the sex of her first child

     

   Male

563

726

1.00

0.67

0.97

   Female

293

470

0.80

0.73

1.16

   Any sex

155

217

0.92

  

Total number of children born alive from the mother of the respondent

     

   1 – 4 children

150

321

1.00

  

   5 – 9 children

650

929

1.50

1.20

1.86

   10 and above

211

162

2.79

2.10

3.69

Do you approve wife beating by the husband for various reasons?

     

   Yes

735

847

1.78

1.49

2.12

   No

276

566

1.00

  

Zone

     

   North Gondar

597

877

1.00

  

   South Gondar

414

536

1.13

0.96

1.34

  1. * shows non-significance at a 0.3 level of significance.
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