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Table 4.4 Median age at first marriage by background characteristics ................................ 42
Table 4.5 Age at first sexual intercourse .............................................................................. 43
Table 4.6 Median age at first sexual intercourse by background characteristics ................. 44
Table 4.7 Recent sexual activity .......................................................................................... 45
Table 4.8 Husband’s visit .................................................................................................... 46
Table 4.9 Preferred age at first marriage .............................................................................. 47
Figure 4.1 Trends in proportion of women age 20-24 who were first married by age 18 ..... 42
5 FERTILITY ................................................................................................................................... 49
Table 5.1 Current fertility .................................................................................................... 50
Table 5.2 Fertility by background characteristics ................................................................ 52
Table 5.3.1 Trends in age-specific fertility rates ..................................................................... 53
Table 5.3.2 Trends in current fertility rates............................................................................. 53
Table 5.4 Children ever born and living .............................................................................. 56
Table 5.5 Birth intervals ...................................................................................................... 57
Table 5.6 Postpartum amenorrhea, abstinence and insusceptibility ..................................... 58
Table 5.7 Median duration of amenorrhea, postpartum abstinence, and postpartum
insusceptibility ..................................................................................................... 60
Table 5.8 Menopause ........................................................................................................... 60
Table 5.9 Age at first birth ................................................................................................... 61
Table 5.10 Median age at first birth ....................................................................................... 62
Table 5.11 Teenage pregnancy and motherhood ................................................................... 63
Figure 5.1 Age-specific fertility rates by urban-rural residence ............................................ 51
Figure 5.2 Trends in total fertility rates, 1975-2014 ............................................................. 54
Figure 5.3 Trends in age-specific fertility rates, 2004-2014 ................................................. 54
Figure 5.4 Trends in total fertility by division, 2011 and 2014 ............................................. 55
6 FERTILITY PREFERENCES ..................................................................................................... 65
Table 6.1 Fertility preferences by number of living children .............................................. 66
Table 6.2 Desire to limit childbearing ................................................................................. 68
Table 6.3 Ideal number of children by number of living children ....................................... 69
Table 6.4 Mean ideal number of children ............................................................................ 69
Table 6.5 Fertility planning status ........................................................................................ 70
Table 6.6 Wanted fertility rates ............................................................................................ 71
Table 6.7 Comparison in desired number of children .......................................................... 72
Figure 6.1 Trends in fertility preferences among currently married women age 15-49,
2004-2014 ............................................................................................................ 66
Figure 6.2 Trends in currently married women with two children who want no more
children, 1993-2014 ............................................................................................. 67
Figure 6.3 Trends in gap between wanted and unwanted fertility rates, 1993 2014 ............. 71
7 FERTILITY REGULATION ....................................................................................................... 73
Table 7.1 Current use of contraception by age .................................................................... 74
Table 7.2 Current use of contraception by background characteristics ............................... 75
Table 7.3 Trends in current use of contraceptive methods .................................................. 77
Table 7.4 Timing of sterilization .......................................................................................... 79
Table 7.5 Knowledge and use of menstrual regulation ........................................................ 80
Table 7.6 Source of service for menstrual regulation in last three years ............................. 80
Table 7.7 Knowledge of fertile period ................................................................................. 81
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