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This study attempts to examine Socioeconomic Determinants of the Demand for Children in the Case of Kebri Dehar District. For this purpose, the study used both primary and secondary data. Primary data was collected through interviews and structured questionnaires. The structured questionnaires is posed to a total of 204 randomly sample households and data on socioeconomic variable (income, education, labor market participation, economic value of children, gender composition, age of mothers, ethnicity, Age at marriage, religion and the pro-creation motive) was collected. The data were obtained from 204 sample respondents. A Poisson maximum likelihood estimates technique was used. The results of the study show that measures such as formal expansion of paternal and maternal education, altering the economic value of children, increasing household income, and delaying the marriage age are important. We also find institutional approaches that require "culture based initiatives" relevant. An important policy implication that can be drawn from this result is the need to target such socio-economic variables in designing and implementing population policy measures in Ethiopia and other African nations with similar demographic features.