Table 3.8
Ideal Number of Children1, 1983 to 2005-06
All persons aged 16-59											Percentages
Ideal Number	19832	1991-92	1997-98	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
None	<1	1	1	<1	<1	1	1	<1	1	<1	<1
1	<1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	30	39	34	34	32	30	33	32	33	30	27
3	20	21	19	18	19	19	18	21	18	19	17
4	28	18	13	13	11	11	11	12	11	11	10
5 or more	6	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
All that come/God's Will	5	1	3	4	3	4	4	4	5	6	8
Up to themselves	10	14	26	28	31	33	32	28	30	30	35
Average Number	3.2	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	3.0	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.7
Base=100%	2,322	2,134	3,773	3,344	3,483	3,285	3,210	3,113	2,948	2,935	2,611
				Source: Continuous Household Survey
Notes:
1 Question relates to Respondent's view of the number of children people should have and asked of 16-59 year olds only
2 For 1983 This question was asked of females only
<1 is equivalent to less than 1