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Multilevel exploration of factors associated with family size preferences and non-response to fertility preference questions in Mexico’s National Demographic Dynamics Survey

Ana Ruth Escoto Castillo, UNAM
Ricardo Regules-García, Population Council

Understanding fertility intentions is critical for planning towards future reproductive health behavior. In this paper, we will explore the issue of non-response fertility preference questions, specifically the question regarding desired family size. This topic has been largely neglected in the literature on fertility intentions. Determining what drives non-responses to fertility intention questions may lead to a better understanding of fertility decision-making and its outcomes, particularly in a country such as Mexico, which has reached the fertility replacement level, but where there are still clear differences in fertility levels across states and subpopulation groups. Wi will use multi-level modelling to analyze factors associated with non-response to fertility preference questions using data from Mexico’s National Demographic Dynamic Survey. We will also explore the factors associated with family size preferences in order to identify whether or not there are differences regarding the determinants of the non-response and the desired family size.

Keywords: Fertility and childbirth, Family planning and contraception, Multi-level modeling

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  Presented in Session P3.