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Table 6 Detailed decomposition of changes in fertility for the study period (education level and place of residence excluded from the model)

From: Age at first marriage, age at first sex, family size preferences, contraception and change in fertility among women in Uganda: analysis of the 2006–2016 period

Variable

Coef

P-value

95% CI

%

Coef

P-value

95% CI

%

Contraceptive use

 No

1.00

   

1.00

   

 Yes

0.23

0.180

−0.10-0.56

−1.3

0.76

0.137

0.24–1.75

−4.5

Age at first marriage

 Not married

1.00

   

1.00

   

 Below 15

−1.02

0.196

−2.55-0.52

6.0

−2.79

0.150

−6.60-1.01

16.5

 15–19

−1.74

0.195

−4.38-0.89

10.3

−11.29

0.109

−25.12-2.53

66.6

 20+

1.88

0.192

−0.95-4.70

−11.1

− 1.55

0.467

−5.73-2.63

9.2

Family size preferences

 0–2

1.00

   

1.00

   

 3–4

0.13

0.217

0.07–0.33

−0.7

−3.93

0.146

−9.22-1.37

23.2

 5+

−0.37

0.196

−0.94-0.19

2.2

−1.32

0.672

−7.41–4.77

7.8

 Non-numeric

−0.13

0.197

0.33–0.07

0.8

0.48

0.109

−0.11-1.06

−2.8

Age at first sexual intercourse

 Below 15

1.00

   

1.00

   

 15–19

−0.33

0.196

− 0.82-0.17

1.9

−4.97

0.003

−8.21--1.74

29.3

 20+

0.82

0.164

0.34–1.98

−4.9

−10.15

< 0.001

−12.49--7.81

59.9

Constant

   

18.34

0.18

−8.21–44.90

− 108.2