From: Determinants of fertility in Malawi: Does women autonomy dimension matter?
Variable | Mean | 95% CI | F-score | Significance |
---|---|---|---|---|
Autonomy in household decision making participation | ||||
Have autonomy | 3.47 | 3.42–3.52 | 0.923 | 0.397 |
Have partial autonomy | 3.44 | 3.38–3.50 |  |  |
Have no autonomy | 3.41 | 3.31–3.50 |  |  |
Sexual Autonomy | ||||
Have autonomy | 3.33 | 3.29–3.38 | 32.94 |  < 0.001 |
Have partial autonomy | 3.57 | 3.48–3.65 |  |  |
Have no autonomy | 3.70 | 3.61–3.80 |  |  |
Age at first cohabitation/marriage | ||||
19 years and less | 3.58 | 3.54–3.62 | 163.92 |  < 0.001 |
20 years and above | 3.04 | 2.98–3.11 |  |  |
Modern Contraceptive use | ||||
Using modern methods | 3.71 | 3.66–3.75 | 277.83 |  < 0.001 |
Not using modern methods | 3.10 | 3.04–3.16 |  |  |
Religion | ||||
Christian | 3.44 | 3.40–3.48 | 1.228 | 0.293 |
Muslim | 3.52 | 3.41–3.64 |  |  |
Ethnicity | ||||
Chewa | 3.51 | 3.44–3.58 | 1.75 | 0.072 |
Tumbuka | 3.42 | 3.31–3.52 |  |  |
Lomwe | 3.39 | 3.31–3.48 |  |  |
Tonga | 3.28 | 3.11–3.46 |  |  |
Yao | 3.41 | 3.30–3.52 |  |  |
Sena | 3.51 | 3.36–3.67 |  |  |
Nkhonde | 3.35 | 3.04–3.66 |  |  |
Ngoni | 3.40 | 3.31–3.50 |  |  |
Mang’anja | 3.72 | 3.50–3.94 |  |  |
Nyanga | 3.43 | 3.18–3.67 |  |  |
Type of place of residence | ||||
Urban | 2.83 | 2.77–2.90 | 275.86 |  < 0.001 |
Rural | 3.60 | 3.55–3.64 |  |  |
Highest education level | ||||
No education | 5.02 | 4.91–5.13 | 724.55 |  < 0.001 |
Primary | 3.53 | 3.49–3.57 |  |  |
Secondary | 2.53 | 2.30–2.40 |  |  |
Higher | 1.34 | 1.79–2.06 |  |  |
Household income | ||||
Poor | 3.41 | 3.34–3.47 | 105.15 |  < 0.001 |
Middle income | 3.73 | 3.67–3.79 |  |  |
Rich | 3.05 | 2.99–3.12 |  |  |
Husband/partner’s level of education | ||||
No education | 4.49 | 4.36–4.62 | 433. 84 |  < 0.001 |
Primary | 3.82 | 3.77–3.87 |  |  |
Secondary | 2.72 | 2.67–2.77 |  |  |
Higher | 2.40 | 2.29–2.52 |  |  |
Employed | ||||
No | 3.11 | 3.05–3.17 | 176.19 |  < 0.001 |
Yes | 3.62 | 3.58–3.66 |  |  |
Exposure to mass media – radio listening | ||||
Not at all | 3.58 | 3.53–3.64 | 26.01 |  < 0.001 |
Less than once a week | 3.37 | 3.29–3.46 |  |  |
At least once a week | 3.30 | 3.24–3.36 |  |  |
Exposure to mass media – television watching | ||||
Not at all | 3.57 | 3.53–3.61 | 101.42 |  < 0.001 |
Less than once a week | 3.18 | 3.06–3.30 |  |  |
At least once a week | 2.82 | 2.74–2.900 |  |  |