Table 8. Reproductive Intentions

Desire for More Children Among Married Mena of Reproductive Age, 1990-2002
Region, Country & Year % Who
Want to Have
Another
Within
2 Years		 Want to Have
Another
in More
Than 2
Years		 Are Undecided
If or When		 Want No More Are Sterilizedb Want to End
Childbearingc
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Benin 1996 28 40 9 19 0 20
Benin 2001 28 44 5 20 0 20
Burkina Faso 1993 29 29 15 12 0 12
Burkina Faso 1998-99 29 51 6 10 0 11
Cameroon 1998 39 38 7 12 1 13
Cape Verde 1998 11 9 12 56 13 68
Central African Rep. 1994-95 41 26 18 10 1 11
Chad 1996-97 47 36 10 3 0 3
Comoros 1996 23 30 7 29 2 31
Côte d'Ivoire 1998-99 35 35 7 20 3 23
Eritrea 1995 23 52 5 14 1 14
Ethiopia 2000 25 43 5 25 0 25
Gabon 2000 31 22 16 23 0 24
Ghana 1993 22 36 8 31 1 32
Ghana 1998 23 34 9 31 1 32
Guinea 1999 42 38 8 8 0 8
Kenya 1993 19 24 11 38 5 44
Kenya 1998 14 27 11 39 7 46
Malawi 1992 18 43 6 25 1 27
Malawi 2000 19 38 1 37 0 37
Mali 1995-96 40 45 7 7 1 7
Mali 2001 36 44 9 9 2 11
Mozambique 1997 35 28 16 12 1 13
Niger 1998 31 53 8 4 0 4
Rwanda 2000 15 48 3 32 2 35
Senegal 1992-93 NA NA 84 6 1 7
Senegal 1997 ------73d--------- 81 9 1 9
Tanzania 1992 41 35 6 15 2 16
Tanzania 1996 31 41 4 19 1 21
Togo 1998 20 42 9 26 0 26
Uganda 1995 44 30 2 21 1 23
Uganda 2000-01 28 40 4 27 0 27
Zambia 1996 32 37 6 20 1 21
Zambia 2001-02 35 27 7 31 0 31
Zimbabwe 1994 21 40 3 34 2 36
Zimbabwe 1999 21 35 8 32 2 34
NEAR EAST & NORTH AFRICA
Egypt 1992 ------33d--------- 6 61 0 61
Mauritania 2000-01 43 34 9 8 0 9
Morocco 1992 40 NA 3 43 12 55
Turkey 1998 10 16 4 62 4 66
ASIA
Bangladesh 1993-94 12 18 6 51 11 61
Bangladesh 1996-97 12 21 6 49 10 58
Bangladesh 1999-2000 9 22 5 55 8 63
Nepal 2001 10 20 2 48 7 54
Pakistan 1990-91 21 20 22 29 4 33
LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
Bolivia 1998 9 14 3 66 6 72
Brazil 1996 8 11 4 28 43 71
Dominican Rep. 1996 14 17 4 19 43 61
Guatemala 2002 ------42d------ 4 36 18 54
Haiti 1994-95 5 15 33 38 4 42
Haiti 2000 12 22 6 49 0 49
Honduras 2001 5 40 0 34 18 52
Jamaica 1993 ------50d------ 15 30 5e 30
Nicaragua 1998 13 24 4 31 26 57
Peru 1996 9 18 2 58 10 68
EASTERN EUROPE & CENTRAL ASIA
Kazakhstan 1999 10 13 11 56 3 59
Romania 1999 23 7 4 50 2 52
Rows may not add to 100 because some categories (self-reported infecund, missing) were not included; also due to rounding.
a Includes only married nonsterilized men whose wives are also not sterilized.
b Men who are sterilized and/or whose wives are sterilized were not asked about desire for more children.
c The sum of men who want no more and who are sterilized and/or whose wives are sterilized.
d Percent of married men who want another child (surveys did not ask about timing).
e Also includes men and/or their wives who have been declared infecund.
NA = Not available