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Table 7 Results from linear regression analysis adjusting for the number of years married: Factors associated with the number of children fathered among currently married men aged 20–49

From: Child marriage among boys in high-prevalence countries: an analysis of sexual and reproductive health outcomes

Country

 

Regression coefficient

P value

Confidence interval

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

Marriage by age 18

−0.05

0.732

(−0.37–0.26)

Years married

0.20

< 0.001

(0.19–0.22)

Comoros

Marriage by age 18

−1.05

0.030

(−2.01–-0.09)

Years married

0.27

< 0.001

(0.24–0.31)

Guatemala

Marriage by age 18

0.35

< 0.001

(0.19–0.51)

Years married

0.21

< 0.001

(0.20–0.21)

Guyana

Marriage by age 18

−0.34

0.345

(−1.06–0.37)

Years married

0.12

< 0.001

(0.09–0.14)

Honduras

Marriage by age 18

−0.03

0.800

(−0.30–0.23)

Years married

0.19

< 0.001

(0.17–0.20)

Madagascar

Marriage by age 18

−0.08

0.544

(−0.32–0.17)

Years married

0.21

< 0.001

(0.20–0.22)

Mozambique

Marriage by age 18

−0.29

0.158

(−0.69–0.11)

Years married

0.30

< 0.001

(0.28–0.32)

Nepal

Marriage by age 18

0.25

0.005

(0.08–0.44)

Years married

0.13

< 0.001

(0.13–0.14)

Nicaragua

Marriage by age 18

0.11

0.414

(−0.15–0.36)

Years married

0.16

< 0.001

(0.14–0.18)

Thailand

Marriage by age 18

−0.04

0.632

(−0.20–0.12)

Years married

0.06

< 0.001

(0.06–0.07)

  1. Results exclude men who report having been married or in union more than once