Impact of decision-making power index on fertility behavior among women of different age cohorts in Bangladesh

Authors

  • Naznin Alam Department of Business Administration, Stamford University Bangladesh, 51 Siddeswari Road, Dhaka-1217,
  • M Ershadul Haque Department of Statistics, Biostatistics & Informatics, University of Dhaka, Dhaka - 1000
  • Nahid Sultana Sumi Department of Statistics, Biostatistics & Informatics, University of Dhaka, Dhaka - 1000
  • Md Akhtar Hossain Department of Statistics, Biostatistics & Informatics, University of Dhaka, Dhaka - 1000

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjsr.v26i1-2.20232

Keywords:

Decision making power, fertility behavior, contraception uses, childbearing, women cohorts, Bangladesh

Abstract

Utilizing the 2007 BDHS data, this study examined the differential effect of decisionmaking power index on the use of contraception across different age cohorts of women. The findings indicated more pronounced impact of womens decision making power to increase contraception use aged above 25 than below 25 aged women. This implies more needs of promoting decision making power among the younger women (below 25) than the older women (above 25) for the betterment of family planning. However, decision making power did not show significant influence on decision of stopping womens childbearing in any of the younger and older women cohorts.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjsr.v26i1-2.20232

Bangladesh J. Sci. Res. 26(1-2): 61-73, December-2013

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Published

2014-08-27

How to Cite

Alam, N., Haque, M. E., Sumi, N. S., & Hossain, M. A. (2014). Impact of decision-making power index on fertility behavior among women of different age cohorts in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Scientific Research, 26(1-2), 61–73. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjsr.v26i1-2.20232

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 1-2 (2013)

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