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Table 7.9 shows wanted fertility rates calculated<br />

using the second approach to measuring unwanted<br />

fertility. The wanted fertility is computed in the same<br />

way as the total fertility rate, except that unwanted<br />

births are excluded from the numerator. In this case,<br />

unwanted births are those that exceed the number<br />

mentioned as ideal by the respondent. This rate<br />

represents the level of fertility that would have prevailed<br />

in the five years preceding the survey if all<br />

unwanted births had been prevented.<br />

Table 7.9 Wanted fertility rates<br />

Total wanted fertility rates and total fertility rates for<br />

the five years preceding the survey, by background<br />

characteristics, Ethiopia 2000<br />

____________________________________________<br />

Total<br />

wanted Total<br />

Background fertility fertility<br />

characteristic rates rates<br />

____________________________________________<br />

Residence<br />

Urban<br />

Rural<br />

2.7 3.3<br />

5.4 6.4<br />

The overall total wanted fertility rate is 4.9<br />

children and is a child lower than the actual total<br />

fertility rate of 5.9 children in the country. The gap<br />

between wanted and observed fertility rates is greater<br />

among women living in rural areas than in urban<br />

areas. The difference between the two rates is lowest<br />

among women with secondary and higher education<br />

and highest among women with no education. The<br />

gap between wanted and actual fertility is also the<br />

widest in the Oromiya Region and the narrowest in the<br />

Somali Region.<br />

Region<br />

Tigray<br />

Affar<br />

Amhara<br />

Oromiya<br />

Somali<br />

Benishangul-Gumuz<br />

SNNP<br />

Gambela<br />

Harari<br />

Addis Ababa<br />

Dire Dawa<br />

Mother's education<br />

No education<br />

Primary<br />

Secondary and higher<br />

5.3 5.8<br />

4.6 4.9<br />

4.9 5.9<br />

5.2 6.4<br />

5.6 5.7<br />

4.6 5.4<br />

5.1 5.9<br />

4.0 4.5<br />

4.0 4.4<br />

1.6 1.9<br />

3.2 3.6<br />

5.3 6.2<br />

4.2 5.1<br />

2.5 3.1<br />

Total<br />

4.9 5.9<br />

____________________________________________<br />

Note: Rates are calculated based on births to women<br />

age 15-49 in the period 1-60 months preceding the<br />

survey. The total fertility rates are those presented in<br />

Table 4.2.<br />

Fertility Preference * 95

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