Research Article
Determinants of Change in Fertility among Women in Rural Areas of Uganda
Table 2
Multivariate Poisson regression results for the 2006 survey.
| Variable | IRR | P-value | 95% CI |
| Education level | No education | 1.000 | | | Primary | 0.933 | 0.001 | 0.905–0.961 | Secondary+ | 0.764 | 0.001 | 0.721–0.809 |
| Wealth | Poor | 1.000 | | | Middle | 1.025 | 0.167 | 0.990–1.061 | Rich | 1.025 | 0.149 | 0.991–1.059 |
| Sex of household head | Male | 1.000 | | | Female | 1.025 | 0.152 | 0.991–1.060 |
| Current working status | Not working | 1.000 | | | Working | 1.057 | 0.016 | 1.010–1.107 |
| Polygamy | No cowife | 1.000 | | | Has cowife | 1.026 | 0.103 | 0.995–1.059 | Single/not sure | 0.907 | 0.001 | 0.870–0.946 |
| Knowledge of any family planning methods | No knowledge | 1.000 | | | Has knowledge | 1.101 | 0.002 | 1.035–1.172 |
| Exposure to family planning messages | Not exposed | 1.000 | | | Exposed | 0.993 | 0.602 | 0.966–1.020 |
| Contraceptive use | Not using | 1.000 | | | Using | 1.132 | 0.001 | 1.100–1.166 |
| Age at first sex | Below 15 | 1.000 | | | 15–19 | 0.943 | 0.002 | 0.910–0.978 | 20+ | 0.942 | 0.002 | 0.907–0.979 |
| Family size preferences | 0–2 | 1.000 | | | 3-4’ | 1.132 | 0.005 | 1.038–1.238 | 5+ | 1.411 | 0.001 | 1.296–1.537 | Nonnumeric | 1.374 | 0.001 | 1.234–1.530 |
| Age at first marriage | Not yet married | 1.000 | | | Below 15 | 4.121 | 0.001 | 3.479–4.881 | 15–19 | 3.708 | 0.001 | 3.144–4.372 | 20+ | 3.187 | 0.001 | 2.700–3.763 |
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