Table 5 The odds of having fathered three or more children at the time of survey, comparing men aged 20–29 who were married by age 18 with those married at or after 18 (reference group)

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

N = 780

31.4 (21.4–43.4)

14.5 (11.3–18.3)

2.69 (1.50–4.80)

5.37 (2.73–10.56)

6.17 (3.02–12.58)

< 0.001

P < 0.001

Comoros

N = 279

30.3 (19.2–44.3)

10.2 (5.7–30.3)

3.84 (1.61–9.14)

5.63 (2.47–12.80)

7.25 (2.49–21.16)

< 0.001

P = 0.002

Guatemala

N = 1807

31.9 (26.0–38.4)

12.4 (10.7–14.4)

3.30 (2.36–4.61)

6.80 (4.57–10.16)

6.88 (4.46–10.59)

< 0.001

P < 0.001

Guyana

N = 316

6.3 (2.2–16.8)

6.3 (4.0–9.6)

1.00 (0.31–3.28)

1.26 (0.37–4.31)

1.28 (0.40–4.07)

0.675

P = 0.997

Honduras

N = 1194

27.2 (21.8–33.3)

8.4 (6.7–10.4)

4.08 (2.82–5.90)

5.76 (3.82–8.68)

5.88 (3.84–9.01)

< 0.001

P < 0.001

Madagascar

N = 1308

40.2 (33.0–47.7)

17.9 (15.1–21.0)

3.08 (2.13–4.45)

6.89 (4.41–10.76)

6.90 (4.27–11.1)

< 0.001

P < 0.001

Mozambique

N = 811

60.0 (47.0–71.8)

21.8 (17.9–26.2)

5.39 (2.99–9.72)

11.10 (5.66–21.75)

10.14 (5.23–19.66)

< 0.001

P < 0.001

Nepal

N = 718

36.3 (26.4–47.5)

7.2 (5.0–10.2)

7.37 (4.18–13.0)

13.61 (7.39–25.06)

11.33 (6.01–21.36)

< 0.001

P < 0.001

Nicaragua

N = 1287

11.5 (7.8–16–8)

6.5 (4.7–8.8)

1.89 (1.09–3.25)

2.69 (1.53–4.75)

–

–

P = 0.021

Thailand

N = 2381

7.5 (4.4–12.3)

1.6 (0.8–3.0)

5.03 (2.15–11.75)

8.75 (3.76–20.33)

9.39 (3.95–22.32)

< 0.001

P < 0.001