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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 1 Descriptive statistics of children ever born and women with no children

From: Structured additive distributional hurdle Poisson modelling of individual fertility levels in Nigeria

 

CEB (all women)

Women with zero CEB

Covariates

Respondents

Percent

Mean

SD

Respondents

Percent

Place of residence

Rural

23403

60.1

3.44

3.14

5730

49.8

Urban

15545

39.9

2.50

2.75

5767

50.2

Education level

No education

13740

35.3

4.42

3.25

1788

15.6

Primary

7104

18.2

3.93

2.91

1151

10.0

Secondary

14407

37.0

1.69

2.22

6932

60.3

Higher

3697

9.5

1.70

2.06

1626

14.1

Wealth index

Poorest

6602

17.0

4.33

3.40

1059

9.2

Poorer

7515

19.3

3.64

3.19

1679

14.6

Middle

8001

20.5

3.07

3.01

2413

21.0

Richer

8450

21.7

2.62

2.76

2952

25.7

Richest

8380

21.5

1.99

2.27

3394

29.5

Use of contraceptives

Ever used

9420

24.2

3.07

2.61

2204

19.2

Never used

29528

75.8

3.06

3.15

9293

80.8

Contraceptives by method

No method

32723

84.0

3.09

3.10

9773

85.0

Traditional

1799

4.6

3.35

2.54

320

2.8

Modern

4426

11.4

2.79

2.66

1404

12.2

Marriage status

Never married

9820

25.2

0.10

0.42

9076

78.9

Currently married

27274

70.0

4.07

2.88

2287

19.9

Formerly married

1854

4.8

4.02

2.69

134

1.2

Employment status

Not employed

14942

38.4

1.91

2.73

7423

64.6

Employed

24006

61.6

3.78

2.98

4074

35.4