Analysis of Women’s Family Size Preferences in Saki Area, South – Western Nigeria: A Log Linear Model Approach

Abstract

This study focuses on women’s family size preferences in Saki – West Local Government Area. A log-linear model is constructed to capture socioeconomic and demographic factors. The model was estimated using primary data obtained through questionnaires administration and five variables considered are women’s number of preferred children, women’s education, employment status, level of income and the use of contraceptive. The result from log linear model analysis shows that all the main effects and the two – way interaction are significant in obtaining the expected cell count of women’s family size preferences. The three – way interaction, four – way interaction and the five – way interaction are found not to be significant . The estimated results show that socio- economic and demographic factors have significant impact on women’s family size preferences. The results show that improvement in socio-economic factors and demographic behaviors have direct impact on women’s family size preferences. The estimated model is expected to be used for policy experiments by promoting reduction in the family size preferences.