| dc.description.abstract | Back ground: The persistently high and stalled fertility in Sub Saharan African including in Uganda, calls for new efforts towards fertility reduction. Most efforts on fertility desire in Uganda have focused either on individual men and women with little focus on couples as a unit of analysis. Moreover, the influences at different types of marriages in which couples reproduce have not been adequately explored. Therefore, this study focuses on fertility desires of both men and women in Uganda. Objective: The main purpose of this study was to examine the determinants of fertility preference among both men and women in Uganda. Sources: Most of the data for this study was got from UDHS 2016, DHS dataset, UBOS, WHO and more others to assess the fertility preference of both men and women in Uganda. In addition the association between fertility desire and disparity in age, education level, marital status, working status, place of residence, religion, region, were reported using frequency and percentage distribution tables. Univariate, bivariate, and multivariate analysis were used. Results: The study concludes that age is a major predictor of fertility preference for both men and women in Uganda though it varies in years according to one‟s sex at particular years. For men the fertility preference varied with their age starting from 35years to 54year whereas for women fertility preference was significant for all the women in the reproductive age group that is between 15-19 years. On the side of women, marital status, catholic religion, and secondary and tertiary education are the only ones that are significant to fertility intentions while the rest were not. Conclusion and recommendations: these findings reflect the role of age, education level, marital status, wealth status, working status, place of residence, religion, Region in the fertility desire of both men and women in Uganda. Implementing programs and policies on sexual education and reproductive rights plus strong government commitment may reduce high fertility preference and consequences such as child and maternal morbidity and mortality in Uganda. | en_US |
