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Effect of nuptiality, contraception and breast-feeding on fertility in Bangladesh

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

M. Kabir  and
M. Mosleh Uddin
M. Kabir
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka
M. Mosleh Uddin
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Summary

The effects of marriage, contraception and post-partum lactational infecundability on fertility in Bangladesh are assessed by applying Bongaarts' formula to survey data for the period 1975–85.

Marriage is universal and age at marriage is low. Breast-feeding is prolonged and has a pronounced effect on fertility. The fertility-reducing effect of contraception increased over the period through increased use of modern methods. The TFR declined by 24% from 1975 to 1985.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 19 , Issue 3 , July 1987 , pp. 345 - 350
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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