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

Table 5

Preference of son and its association with fertility.

Number of sons in first two live births	Mean live birth	Number of daughters in first two live births	Mean live birth
0	6.5	0	5.0
1	6.3	1	6.0
2	5.0	2	7.0
		Pearson correlation	value
Number of sons in first two LB		−0.002	0.493
Number of daughters in first two LB		0.125	0.099