Determinants of Desired and Actual Number of Children and the Risk of having more than Two Children in Ghana and Nigeria

Yaya, OlaOluwa S.; Osanyintupin, Olawale D; Akintande, Olalekan J.

doi:10.16929/ajas/403.222

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“…Also, the preferences of mothers with either only sons or only daughters differ greatly from those with mixed-gender offspring. This result is consistent with those of several studies showing that gender preference affects fertility (Hand and Kohler, 2000; Yaya and Osanyintupin, 2008;and Etoh and Ekanem, 2016). Gender preferences for children affect fertility because of higher levels of investment by parents and non-economic values, such as maintaining family lines (Schultz, 1997).…”

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“…The results of similar studies also reveal that education influences the desire for children (Wicaksono and Mahendra, 2016;Oktriyanto, Puspitawati and Muflikhati, 2015;and Bagheri and Saadati, 2017). Finally, the type of residence and working status of the mother also affected the number of children desired (Yaya and Osanyintupin, 2008;Kalwij, 2018).…”

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“…The probability of women in urban areas wanting to have more children declined by 5.83% compared with that of women living in rural areas. Women living in rural areas tend to want more children than those who live in urban areas (Yaya and Osanyintupin, 2008;Bagheri and Saadati, 2017). In addition, at 15.67%, women who use contraception also exhibit a reduced probability of wanting more children compared with those who do not.…”

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Gender Preference for a Third or More Children: Evidence from Indonesia

Sopiyono¹,

Febrianto²

2021

Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Research in Social Sciences and Humanities Universitas Indonesia Conference (APRISH 2019)

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Indonesia"s total fertility rate (TFR) was 2.4 in 2017, slightly lower than the 2002 rate of 2.6. In order to achieve a stable population growth, Indonesia needs to lower its fertility rate to the replacement level of TFR = 2.1. Studies have revealed that gender preferences regarding offspring are influential in determining the number of children. This paper investigated the gender preference for a third or more children using the 2017 Indonesia Demographic and Health Survey (DHS). The results of the logistic regression analysis reveal that children"s sex composition has a significant effect on the desire for additional children. Compared with women who already have two children of different sexes, those who have only sons or only daughters are more likely to want additional children. These results indicate that Indonesian women prefer to have offspring of both sexes.

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Gender Preference for a Third or More Children: Evidence from Indonesia

Sopiyono¹,

Febrianto²

2021

Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Research in Social Sciences and Humanities Universitas Indonesia Conference (APRISH 2019)

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“…Details of how each of these variables were coded can be found in Table 2 . Based on the findings of previous studies [ 2 , 12 , 21 – 26 ], we hypothesized that older women would be less likely to desire for more children compared to younger women; women with higher levels of education would be less likely to desire for more children compared to those with no formal education; women whose partners have higher levels of education would have lower odds of desiring for more children compared to those whose partners have no formal education. Other hypotheses that guided the analysis and results of the study were that the odds of desire for more children would decrease with increasing parity, wealth quintile, higher number of living children, contraceptive use and exposure to media.…”

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“…Majority of studies on fertility desire over the world have adopted a country-specific focus, paying attention to Nigeria [ 23 ], Iran [ 24 ], Nepal [ 25 ], and Uganda [ 2 ], with a few focusing on broader geographical areas such as East Africa [ 26 ], and Nigeria and Ghana [ 12 ]. Despite this extensive research, there is a relative paucity of literature on the fertility desires in SSA, as most countries in SSA are yet to feature in studies of this kind.…”

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Drivers of desire for more children among childbearing women in sub-Saharan Africa: implications for fertility control

Seidu

Armah‐Ansah

Budu

et al. 2020

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth

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Background Despite the extensive research on fertility desires among women the world over, there is a relative dearth of literature on the desire for more children in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This study, therefore, examined the desire for more children and its predictors among childbearing women in SSA. Methods We pooled data from 32 sub-Saharan African countries’ Demographic and Health Surveys. A total of 232,784 married and cohabiting women with birth history, who had complete information on desire for more children made up the sample for the study. The outcome variable for the study was desire for more children. Multilevel logistic regression analysis was conducted. Results were presented using adjusted odds ratios (aOR), with their corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CI). Results The overall prevalence of the desire for more children was 64.95%, ranging from 34.9% in South Africa to 89.43% in Niger. Results of the individual level predictors showed that women aged 45–49 [AOR = 0.04, CI = 0.03–0.05], those with higher education [AOR = 0.80, CI = 0.74–0.87], those whose partners had higher education [AOR = 0.88; CI = 0.83–0.94], women with four or more births [AOR = 0.10, CI = 0.09–0.11], those who were using contraceptives [AOR = 0.68, CI = 0.66–0.70] and those who had four or more living children [AOR = 0.09 CI = 0.07–0.12] were less likely to desire for more children. On the other hand, the odds of desire for more children was high among women who considered six or more children as the ideal number of children [AOR = 16.74, CI = 16.06–17.45] and women who did not take decisions alone [AOR = 1.58, CI = 1.51–1.65]. With the contextual factors, the odds of desire for more children was high among women who lived in rural areas compared to urban areas [AOR = 1.07, CI = 1.04–1.13]. Conclusions This study found relatively high prevalence of women desiring more children. The factors associated with desire for more children are age, educational level, partners’ education, parity, current contraceptive use, ideal number of children, decision-making capacity, number of living children and place of residence. Specific public health interventions on fertility control and those aiming to design and/or strengthen existing fertility programs in SSA ought to critically consider these factors.

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Explaining barriers to childbearing using the risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) strategy: Based on action research

NeJhaddadgar,

Ziapour,

Jafarzadeh

et al. 2023

Health Science Reports

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Background and AimsReluctance to childbearing and then the reduction of the total fertility rate are common experiences of developed countries and many developing countries, including Iran, therefore, the purpose of this study was explaining barriers to childbearing using the risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) strategy.MethodsThe study was conducted by action research and according to RCCE during 9 months in Ardabil city. The statistical population consisted of 41 married women aged 15–54 who were eligible for childbearing, these women were purposefully selected from among the people covered by Ardabil health centers and interviewed. Data were collected using open and in‐depth interviews by the researcher and analyzed by content analysis.ResultsThe results of data analysis led to the extraction of three main categories, personal, familial, and social barriers. The “personal barriers” category was classified into three subcategories, namely mental, belief, and awareness barriers, the “familial barriers” category was classified into two subcategories, namely social and financial barriers, and the “social barriers” category was classified into two subcategories, political and managerial barriers.ConclusionsAccording to the results, a set of personal, familial, and social factors could affect childbearing among married women. Identification of these factors can play an effective role in designing educational and managerial programs.

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Determinants of Desired and Actual Number of Children and the Risk of having more than Two Children in Ghana and Nigeria

Cited by 11 publications

References 28 publications

Gender Preference for a Third or More Children: Evidence from Indonesia

Gender Preference for a Third or More Children: Evidence from Indonesia

Drivers of desire for more children among childbearing women in sub-Saharan Africa: implications for fertility control

Explaining barriers to childbearing using the risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) strategy: Based on action research

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