Fertility in Bangladesh
Facts and Fancies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4756386 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ismail Sirageldin, Douglas Norris, Douglas A Norris, Mahbubuddin Ahmad |
| Year | 1975 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 207-215 |
| Publication date | 1975-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Population Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-4728 • E-ISSN: 1477-4747 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00324728.1975.10410199 |
| OpenAlex | W2064792830 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 8 |
Based on data from a 1969 national fertility survey in Bangladesh, the crude birth rate was estimated at 42, with estimates for urban residents slightly lower than those for rural residents The total marital fertility rate was found to be 6·93. For women over 40 years of age the average cumulative number of live births was 6·5, with 4·7 surviving at the time of interview (72 per cent) The infant mortality rate for 1966–68 was 113, which appears to be somewhat under-reported when compared with estimates made by other investigators. There is no indication from the survey findings of a structural change in the age of marriage. Analysis of the pregnancy history indicates a statistically significant decline in all age-specific fertility rates — about ten per cent over the period 1960–68. However, the cohort fertility rates indicate that recent cohorts have experienced higher fertility at younger ages than their predecessors. Our estimates are higher than others (e g by the Cholera Research Laboratory for 1967–69 and Schultz) and although these estimates indicate similar declining trends, we cannot conclude with confidence that there has been a real decline in fertility, mainly because the difference in levels of the various estimates is more than the range of the apparent decline. If there is any decline, we believe it could be largely biological, and result from reduced infant and child mortality which acts through prolongation of lactation and thus an extension of amenorrhoea to increase the interval between births
Biology · Birth rate · Cohort · Cohort study · Confidence interval · Family planning · Fertility · Geography · Infant mortality · Marital status · Population · Pregnancy · Research methodology · Sociology · Total fertility rate · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine
Maternal factors and infant and child mortality in Bangladesh
Socioeconomic Factors, Intermediate Variables and Fertility in Bangladesh
Infant mortality in Bangladesh
Son preference in Bangladesh
Asian Marriage Patterns in Transition
Dual record demographic surveys
The relationship between fetal wastage and pregnancy spacing in Bangladesh
The effect of number of births on women's mortality
Retrospective evidence of a decline of fertility and child mortality in Bangladesh
A Prospective Study of Birth Interval Dynamics in Rural Bangladesh
Population and Development in Southeast Asia
Prospective study of birth interval dynamics in rural Bangladesh
Neo-natal and post-neo-natal mortality in a rural area of Bangladesh
Studies in the Demography of Pakistan
Final Report of the Population Growth Estimation Experiment 1962-1965
| Citations per year | 0.16 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1977 - 2006 (30) |
| Highly cited | No |