Table 2 Comparison of two methods for testing fertility stalls in African countries
From: Testing for fertility stalls in demographic and health surveys
Linear regression | Change | Logistic regression | Change | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Period | Slope | Std. error | p-value | Slope | Std. error | p-value |
Ghana, urban | ||||||
1975-1998 | -0.10762 | 0.00608 | -0.03269 | 0.00141 | ||
1998-2008 | +0.01426 | 0.01657 | 5.0E-12 | +0.00344 | 0.00584 | 1.8E-09 |
Kenya, urban | ||||||
1963-1994 | -0.12900 | 0.00684 | -0.03333 | 0.00143 | ||
1994-2002 | +0.03509 | 0.02058 | 3.9E-14 | +0.00821 | 0.00645 | 3.1E-10 |
2002-2009 | -0.09650 | 0.03441 | 1.0E-03 | -0.03026 | 0.01189 | 4.4E-03 |
Kenya, rural | ||||||
1980-1994 | -0.19100 | 0.00866 | -0.03968 | 0.00143 | ||
1994-2002 | +0.02426 | 0.01747 | < E-99 | +0.00627 | 0.00313 | < E-99 |
2002-2009 | -0.15017 | 0.03158 | 1.3E-06 | -0.04220 | 0.00583 | 2.4E-13 |
Madagascar, urban | ||||||
1977-1988 | -0.12079 | 0.03294 | -0.03294 | 0.00683 | ||
1988-1994 | +0.04702 | 0.04199 | 1.7E-03 | +0.01405 | 0.00910 | 3.6E-05 |
1994-2008 | -0.09616 | 0.01129 | 9.9E-04 | -0.03280 | 0.00308 | 1.1E-06 |
Madagascar, rural | ||||||
1977-1988 | -0.07160 | 0.01914 | -0.02444 | 0.00315 | ||
1988-1998 | -0.01631 | 0.01268 | 1.6E-02 | -0.00076 | 0.00210 | 3.9E-10 |
1998-2008 | -0.11494 | 0.01187 | 1.4E-08 | -0.02714 | 0.00208 | < E-99 |
Nigeria, rural | ||||||
1984-1988 | -0.35712 | 0.04802 | -0.07885 | 0.00790 | ||
1988-1998 | +0.04338 | 0.00700 | 2.2E-16 | +0.00664 | 0.00136 | < E-99 |
1998-2008 | -0.13639 | 0.01458 | < E-99 | -0.03009 | 0.00236 | < E-99 |
Rwanda, urban | ||||||
1982-1989 | -0.27482 | 0.08527 | -0.07242 | 0.01550 | ||
1989-1997 | +0.04975 | 0.03957 | 5.6E-04 | +0.01618 | 0.00762 | 2.9E-07 |
1997-2008 | -0.07676 | 0.02812 | 9.2E-03 | -0.02420 | 0.00573 | 2.3E-05 |
Rwanda, rural | ||||||
1982-1997 | -0.10730 | 0.00787 | -0.02195 | 0.00129 | ||
1997-2008 | -0.01207 | 0.01344 | 9.7E-10 | -0.00820 | 0.00236 | 3.2E-07 |
Senegal, urban | ||||||
1995-2002 | -0.06199 | 0.01707 | -0.01696 | 0.00416 | ||
2002-2008 | +0.03689 | 0.02256 | 4.7E-04 | +0.00338 | 0.00570 | 3.9E-03 |
Tanzania, rural | ||||||
1977-1996 | -0.04208 | 0.00635 | -0.00775 | 0.00105 | ||
1996-2008 | -0.00127 | 0.01239 | 3.4E-03 | -0.00153 | 0.00210 | 8.0E-03 |
Zambia, rural | ||||||
1968-1982 | -0.05724 | 0.00845 | -0.01047 | 0.00135 | ||
1982-1997 | +0.04599 | 0.02153 | 8.1E-06 | +0.00763 | 0.00343 | 9.5E-07 |