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Table 2 Fertility desire and reproductive history of married women in Nekemte town, Ethiopia, April, 2014

From: Predictors of modern contraceptive methods use among married women of reproductive age groups in Western Ethiopia: a community based cross-sectional study

Variables

Number (%)

Have you ever pregnant (1003)

 Yes

961 (95.8)

 No

42 (4.2)

Number of children alive (961)

  = <2

598 (62.2)

  > 2

363 (37.8)

Future fertility desire (1003)

 Yes

534 (53.2)

 No

398 (39.7)

 I don’t know

71 (7.1)

Number of desired child (385)

 1–2

242 (62.9)

  > 2

143 (37.1)

Reason for future child desire (534)

 Have few children

376 (70.4)

 Need of son

102 (19.1)

 Death of child

20 (3.8)

 No response

48 (9.0)

 Other*

6 (1.1)

Partner fertility desire (1003)

 Yes

505 (50.3)

 No

370 (36.9)

 Don’t know

128 (12.8)

Decision on fertility (1003)

 Wife

36 (3.6)

 Husband

116 (11.6)

 Jointly

851 (84.8)

  1. Other* = Husband desire, Parent influence