Table 4.11 Percent distribution of men age 15-54  by number of children fathered and mean number of children fathered,
           by age group, Philippines 2003 
           (Mean number of children)

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                                                                                  Number   Number of
Age                 Number of children ever born                                      of    Children
group          0      1      2      3      4      5      6     7    8+    Total    Women    Fathered
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15-19       98.6    0.9    0.4    0.1    0.0    0.0    0.0   0.0   0.0    100.0      918        0.00
20-24       79.2   13.2    6.3    1.1    0.2    0.0    0.0   0.0   0.0    100.0      785        0.30
25-29       43.3   21.7   18.4   11.3    3.4    1.4    0.4   0.1   0.0    100.0      647        1.20
30-34       23.5   15.8   23.5   18.1    8.5    5.2    2.8   1.4   1.2    100.0      593        2.10
35-39       16.2    9.6   18.0   16.9   16.0    9.0    6.8   3.9   3.6    100.0      586        3.10
40-44        9.1    8.5   11.7   19.9   18.2   12.3    8.8   5.2   6.3    100.0      483        3.70
45-49        8.7    7.5    9.2   16.9   17.0   12.7    9.9   7.3  10.9    100.0      416        4.20
50-54        6.4    3.5   10.0   14.1   16.1   13.2   10.3   7.6  18.9    100.0      338        5.00

Total       45.0   10.2   11.5   10.6    8.0    5.2    3.7   2.4   3.5    100.0    4,766        2.00

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Source:  2003 National Demographic and Health Survey
         National Statistics Office & Department of Health

Page last updated:  September 11, 2006
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