The document summarizes key findings from Nepal's 2016 Demographic and Health Survey. It finds that: - The total fertility rate in Nepal is 2.3 children per woman. - The median age of first birth is highest for women with secondary education or higher (23.6 years) and lowest for women with no education (19.7 years). - The percentage of women aged 15-19 who are pregnant with their first child is highest for women with no education (4%) and lowest for women with secondary education or higher (1.8%). - The percentage of currently married women aged 15-49 who want no more children increases with higher levels of education and wealth.

1. Key Findings on
Fertility From
NDHS 2016
prepared by:
Anju sapkota
Bph1st batch ,ucms

2. Total Fertility Rate(TFR)
•The total fertility rate (TFR) in
Nepal is 2.3 children per woman

4. TFR By Education

5. Median age at first birth
Background characteristic
Women age 25-49
Residence
Urban
Rural
Education
No education
Primary
Some secondary
SLC and above
Wealth quintile
Lowest
Second
Middle
Fourth
Highest
TOTAL
20.6
19.9
19.7
19.6
20.7
23.6
20.0
20.0
19.9
20.2
21.6
20.4

6. postpartum amenorrhea,
postpartum abstinence, and
postpartum insusceptibility

7. Teenage pregnancy and
motherhood
BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTIC PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN AGE 15_19
WHO ARE PREGNANT WITH 1ST CHILD
Education
No education
Primary
Some secondary
SLC and above
Wealth quintile
Lowest
Second
Middle
Fourth
Highest
Total
4.0
6.2
4.1
2.2
4.7
3.4
5.1
3.7
1.8
3.8

8. Desire to limit childbearing:
Women
• NO. of living child
B.C 1 2 3 4 5 6+
EDUCATION
NO
PRIAMRY
SECONDRY
SLC &ABOVE
Wealth
quintile
LOWEST
SECOND
MIDDLE
FOURTH
HIGHEST
TOTAL
30.3
33.1
30.8
34.0
24.1
27.6
27.8
29.0
45.6
32.3
85.6
85.2
88.4
93.4
85.8
83.7
82.9
90.1
93.3
87.9
91.7
90.2
94.7
91.7
92.4
90.7
90.3
93.6
92.4
91.8
93.3
90.7
95.1
*
93.4
93.5
92.3
92.1
94.5
93.0
91.6
92.7
*
*
90.5
95.9
90.2
91.2
(95.3)
92.2
92.3
*
*
*
91.5
93.6
95.8
(95.1)
*
92.8

9. • Percentage of currently married women age 15-
49 who want no more children, by number of
living children, according to background
characteristics, Nepal DHS 2016 . The number of
living children includes the current pregnancy
• Note: Women who have been sterilized or whose
husband has been sterilized are considered to
want no more children.
• Figures in parentheses are based on 25-49
unweighted cases. An asterisk indicates that a
figure is based on fewer than 25 unweighted
cases and has been suppressed.

10. • Source -NDHS

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