Fertility Behaviour and Effect of Son Preference among the Muslims of Manipur, India

Table 1

Fertility of Muslim women based on age at menarche.

Age at menarche (year)	Woman (%)	Mean conception	Mean live birth
9	0.19	1.00	0.00
10	1.56	3.87	2.88
11	4.88	4.00	3.20
12	38.08	3.92	3.28
13	30.27	3.88	3.33
14	14.06	4.60	3.76
15	8.98	3.35	2.72
16	0.98	3.20	2.60
17	0.98	2.80	3.20
Total	100	3.95	3.29