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Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2001-2002 - Measure DHS

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Table 7.4 Ideal <strong>and</strong> actual number of childrenPercent distribution of all women <strong>and</strong> all men by ideal number of children <strong>and</strong> mean ideal number of children for allwomen <strong>and</strong> for all men <strong>and</strong> for currently married women <strong>and</strong> currently married men, according to number of livingchildren, <strong>Zambia</strong> <strong>2001</strong>-<strong>2002</strong>––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Number of living children 1All–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– women/Ideal number of children 0 1 2 3 4 5 6+ men––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––WOMEN––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––0 0.9 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.31 1.2 3.1 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.3 0.8 1.22 19.5 14.0 10.3 5.2 2.9 2.7 3.5 10.43 17.6 21.6 11.7 9.4 3.3 4.4 3.2 12.14 28.6 27.3 33.1 27.4 27.0 14.8 16.6 26.05 13.4 14.0 19.6 22.6 18.0 20.6 12.4 16.36+ 12.2 15.5 20.2 30.1 42.2 49.8 53.8 27.6Non-numeric responses 6.8 4.3 4.5 4.6 5.8 7.2 9.2 6.0Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0Number 1,878 1,371 1,107 945 696 545 1,116 7,658Mean ideal number children for:All women 3.9 4.0 4.5 4.9 5.4 5.8 6.2 4.7Number 1,751 1,312 1,057 902 655 506 1,013 7,195Currently married women 4.4 4.2 4.5 4.9 5.4 5.9 6.2 5.1Number 259 792 816 718 554 419 858 4,416––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––MEN––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.11 0.4 1.2 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.62 8.3 6.2 9.3 13.2 8.5 2.0 2.1 7.13 10.7 14.6 9.2 7.3 4.1 3.7 4.4 8.74 21.3 21.5 20.2 13.5 13.1 9.0 11.2 17.55 9.7 14.1 10.9 8.0 5.4 10.5 4.9 9.16+ 30.0 30.6 31.6 45.1 58.3 66.8 63.8 41.6Non-numeric responses 8.5 4.3 5.3 5.9 5.2 5.9 8.7 7.1Total 89.0 92.4 87.6 93.8 94.5 97.9 95.5 91.7Number 861 237 210 184 152 125 376 2,145Mean ideal number children for:All men 4.5 4.3 4.7 5.2 5.8 6.7 7.6 5.3Number 809 231 205 179 146 120 346 2,036Currently married men 4.8 4.3 4.8 5.2 5.8 6.8 7.6 5.9Number 77 166 186 170 140 116 337 1,190–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––1 Includes current pregnancy2Means are calculated excluding respondents giving non-numeric responses.112 │ Fertility Preferences <strong>and</strong> Unmet Need

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