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Table 7.6 Ideal and actual number of children
Percent distribution of all women and men by mean ideal number of children and mean ideal number of
children for all women and men and for currently married women and men, according to number of living
children, Ethiopia 2000
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Number of living children 1
Ideal number
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of children 0 1 2 3 4 5 6+ Total
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WOMEN
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0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8+
Non-numeric response
5.6 3.2 2.5 3.9 1.2 1.6 2.6 3.5
1.0 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.6
15.7 7.0 5.6 3.1 2.9 2.6 1.6 7.7
8.7 8.1 3.4 2.9 1.7 3.7 2.2 5.3
26.4 29.1 28.3 22.0 19.5 15.2 15.7 23.5
9.9 10.9 10.7 10.3 8.9 5.9 6.5 9.3
9.2 12.6 14.5 17.3 17.1 12.8 11.8 12.6
2.1 3.4 3.5 4.5 5.1 5.0 4.1 3.5
7.3 10.9 14.6 17.6 23.9 27.5 28.4 16.0
13.9 14.1 16.4 18.1 19.5 25.2 26.8 18.0
Total
Number
Mean ideal number for: 2
All women
Number
100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
4,886 1,985 1,961 1,657 1,458 1,279 2,139 15,367
4.1 4.9 5.3 5.7 6.2 6.5 6.8 5.3
4,205 1,705 1,639 1,358 1,174 957 1,566 12,604
Currently married women 4.9 5.0 5.5 5.7 6.2 6.5 6.7 5.8
Number
683 1,362 1,386 1,174 1,016 840 1,434 7,895
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MEN
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0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8+
Non-numeric response
0.7 0.3 1.6 0.2 1.3 0.3 0.1 0.6
1.0 0.3 0.0 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6
11.7 6.8 4.0 4.3 0.9 0.3 1.3 6.9
13.0 17.0 2.5 3.1 0.0 3.8 1.0 8.0
27.3 22.6 27.1 14.9 12.1 7.3 9.2 20.7
15.3 15.3 9.4 16.1 9.7 11.7 5.6 12.7
10.5 10.7 19.3 19.9 26.3 13.6 7.4 13.0
2.6 5.6 5.1 3.1 10.4 6.6 4.0 4.1
9.9 16.7 26.9 26.5 23.4 40.8 50.5 22.8
8.0 4.6 4.1 10.6 16.0 15.6 20.9 10.7
Total
Number of men
Mean ideal number for: 2
All men
Number
Mean ideal number for:
Currently married men
Number
Monogamous men
Number
100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1,188 176 250 238 180 159 417 2,607
4.8 5.5 6.2 6.6 7.2 8.3 11.1 6.4
1,093 168 239 213 151 134 330 2,328
5.1 5.5 6.2 6.6 7.2 7.8 11.1 7.7
82 151 222 204 150 131 329 1,269
5.0 5.5 6.1 6.5 6.9 7.5 9.0 6.9
74 145 214 197 140 121 261 1,153
Polygynous men
6.3 7.0 8.5 8.7 10.9 11.0 19.0 14.9
Number
8 6 8 7 10 10 69 117
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Note: The means exclude women and men who gave non-numeric responses.
1 Includes current pregnancy
2 Means are calculated excluding the women and men giving non-numeric responses.
92 * Fertility Preference