Tariku Dejene (Associate Professor)Alemayehu Bedassa2024-04-032024-04-032022-07https://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/2686Presented the result of multivariable liner regression, First is current age of youths, younger youths (ages 15-19) desired to get married at least three years earlier and those in the age group 20-24 desire to get married on average 2 and half years earlier (B= -2.459, P=0.000) than older youths (ages 25-29). Having social support decreases the desired age of marriage by 0.645 (P=0.020), as compared to those without social support. Presents the result of multivariable ordinal logistic regression analysis for determinants of the desired number of children. Protestant religion followers had a 4.665-time odds of having a higher desired number of children (OR=4.665 with a 95%CI: 1.030-21.125); than respondents of traditional religion followers. Respondents with limited family interaction had a higher odds of having a higher desired number of children (OR = 2.153 with a 95%CI: 1.032-4.490) than those with no family interaction. Respondents who have large number of siblings desire a higher number of children (OR= 1.138 with 95%CI: 1.015-1.276) than those with no siblings.enYouthSocial supportFamily social interactionFertility aspiration.Thesis