Hi there,

I've been searching for a few hours on the internet but right now I can't see the wood for the trees.

I want to test if there is a significant difference in the number of children a parent has between men and women. In my sample number of children only takes on the values 1,2, and 3 by coincidence.

I've read some things about just using a t-test, but also about a two-sample poisson rate test because it is count data? I'm confused as to how I should interpret the variable and what test I should use.

Thank you in advance.