Factors affecting the achievement of fertility intentions in urban Nigeria: analysis of longitudinal data

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Socio-demographic, ideational and behavioral characteristics of study participants (women who desired no additional children at baseline)

Respondents’ Characteristics	N	Unweighted %/Mean	Weighted %/Mean
Achievement of fertility desires of no additional child
Achieved – no additional child or pregnancy	1254	65.3	65.1
Did not achieve – had an additional child or pregnancy	667	34.7	34.9
Discussion of family size with spouse/partner at baseline
Discussed	1167	60.8	61.9
Did not discuss	754	39.2	38.1
Using modern method at baseline
Yes	645	33.6	33.2
No	1276	66.4	66.8
City of residence at baseline
Abuja	252	13.1	13.6
Benin City	241	12.6	11.9
Ibadan	423	22.0	21.7
Ilorin	446	23.2	22.7
Kaduna	269	14.0	14.8
Zaria	290	15.1	15.3
Education Level at baseline
No formal education	365	19.0	17.9
Primary	447	23.3	23.5
Secondary	660	34.3	36.0
Higher	449	23.4	22.6
Religion at baseline
Christian	949	49.4	51.3
Muslim	972	50.6	48.7
Wealth Quintile at baseline
Lowest	277	14.4	14.5
Second	344	17.9	17.8
Middle	397	20.7	21.3
Fourth	407	21.2	21.9
Highest	496	25.8	24.5
Perception that a pregnancy would be a big problem at baseline
Perceived	955	49.7	51.2
Did not perceive	966	50.3	48.8
Spousal agreement about number of children to have as reported by the woman at baseline
Husband wants same number as wife	1166	61.2	60.9
Husband wants more children than wife	301	15.8	15.7
Husband wants fewer children than wife	114	6.0	6.6
Does not know how many children husband wants	325	17.0	16.8
Husband’s restrictions on wife’s movement and relationships as reported by woman at baseline
At least one restriction	524	27.3	26.4
No restriction	1397	72.7	73.6
Mean (SD) number of children ever born at baseline	1921	5.4 (2.4)	5.3 (2.3)
Mean (SD) age in years at baseline	1921	39.3 (5.8)	38.8 (5.9)

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