Research Article
Impact of Education on Fertility: Evidence from a Tribal Society in Assam, India
Table 2
Mean live births ever born (LBEB) by selected independent variables.
| Variables | Number of observations | Mean LBEB | Std. deviation | -value |
| Female age at marriage (in years) | | | | | Up to 18 | 428 (48.64) | 3.26 | 1.62 | 15.29 () | 19 to 21 | 291 (33.07) | 2.81 | 1.38 | 22 to 24 | 125 (14.20) | 2.46 | 1.41 | 25 and above | 36 (4.09) | 2.11 | 1.21 | Duration of breast-feeding | | | | | Up to 18 months | 295 (33.52) | 3.67 | 2.06 | 63.39 () | 19 to 24 months | 273 (31.02) | 2.85 | 1.11 | 25 and above months | 312 (35.45) | 2.37 | 0.86 | Contraceptive use | | | | | Users | 369 (41.93) | 2.04 | 0.86 | () | Nonusers | 511 (58.07) | 3.61 | 1.58 | | Education of the wives | | | | | No education | 305 (34.66) | 3.37 | 1.22 | 23.54 () | Up to 5 years | 175 (19.89) | 3.27 | 2.22 | 6–10 years | 278 (31.59) | 2.53 | 1.24 | More than 10 years | 122 (13.86) | 2.43 | 1.24 | Education of the husbands | | | | | No education | 277 (31.48) | 3.62 | 1.37 | 29.09 () | Up to 5 years | 40 (4.55) | 3.05 | 2.31 | 6–10 years | 276 (31.36) | 2.66 | 1.43 | More than 10 years | 287 (32.61) | 2.57 | 1.44 | Education of the parents | | | | | Wife is more educated | 77 (8.75) | 2.42 | 1.45 | 31.10 () | Husband is equally or more educated | 577 (65.57) | 2.76 | 1.59 | Both illiterate | 226 (25.68) | 3.60 | 1.20 |
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Total number of observations: 880. -statistic. Figures within brackets represent percentage in total.
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