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Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2001-2002 - Measure DHS

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The above results show an increase in the desire to end childbearing, from 29 percent of marriedwomen <strong>and</strong> 24 percent of married men in 1996 to 36 percent of married women <strong>and</strong> 31 percent of marriedmen in <strong>2001</strong>-<strong>2002</strong>. The increase in the desire to end childbearing is particularly striking among women<strong>and</strong> men with 6 or more children; for women, this figure increased from 68 to 80 percent, while for men itincreased from 44 to 60 percent.Figure 7.2 Percentage of Married Women <strong>and</strong> Men who WantNo More Children by Number of Living ChildrenPercent1008060402008057604942363128261921131 2 4 4Total 0 1 2 3 4 5 6+Number of Living ChildrenWomen MenZ<strong>DHS</strong> <strong>2001</strong>-<strong>2002</strong>7.2 DESIRE TO LIMIT CHILDBEARING BY BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTICSTable 7.2 shows the percentage of currently married women who want no more children or aresterilised by number of living children <strong>and</strong> background characteristics <strong>and</strong> the percentage of currentlymarried men who want no more children by background characteristics. The table shows that urbanwomen are more likely than rural women to want no more children regardless of the number of childrenthey already have. Overall, 45 percent of urban women do not want any more children, compared with31 percent of their rural counterparts.Copperbelt, Lusaka, <strong>and</strong> Central provinces lead in the proportion of women who wish to stophaving children, while Western province has the lowest proportion of women who wish to limit thenumber of children that they have.The percentage of women who do not want any more children increases with the increase in thelevel of education. The <strong>2001</strong>-<strong>2002</strong> Z<strong>DHS</strong> shows that 40 percent of women with secondary or highereducation do not want any more children compared with 31 percent of women without any education.The differences are especially striking when the number of living children is taken into account. Forexample, among women with three children, only 15 percent of uneducated women want no more,compared with 46 percent of those with secondary or higher schooling (Figure 7.3).Fertility Preferences <strong>and</strong> Unmet Need │ 107

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