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YEAR: 1995

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Dramatic recent decline in fertility in Bangladesh is matched by substantial

rise in contraceptive use.

AUTHORS

Donovan P

SOURCE

International Family Planning Perspectives. 1995 Sep;21(3):124-6.

ABSTRACT

Some findings from the 1993-94 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey are reported. The total fertility rate was

3.4 children per woman. Contraceptive use rose over 20 years to 45% of married women aged 10-49 years. Almost

50% of women desired an end to childbearing. 12% were sterilized or infertile. Marriage age rose. Only 30% of

women aged 15-19 were married before the age of 15 years compared to 77% of women aged 45-49 years. Although

the median age at marriage was still low at 14.4 years, urban women married at 15.4 years. Women with some

secondary education married two years later (17.1 years) than women who had completed primary school (14.7 years).

27% of women aged 15-19 years had a child, and 6% were pregnant. The median age at first birth rose since 1975

from 16.8 to 18.3 years. Over 80% of women wanted to space births or to stop childbearing. 56% of ever married

women preferred two children. 24% desired 3 children, and 10% wanted 4 children. About 33% of births in the three

years preceding the survey were unplanned. Contraceptive prevalence was highest among currently married women

aged 35-39 years. 19% of married women had an unmet need for family planning. 66% of married women who did

not currently use contraception planned to do so within the year. 42% of modern method users obtained supplies

from village-level field workers, who numbered 35,000. 38% of modern method users obtained supplies from

government sources. Only about 19% of births in the three years before the survey received prenatal care from a

doctor. About 7% received care from a midwife, nurse, or family welfare visitor. 96% of births were delivered at home.

60% of births were delivered by a birth attendant, and 29% were delivered by a relative. Child mortality during 1989-

93 was 133 per 1000 live births. Infant mortality was 87 deaths per 1000 live births. The mean of exclusive breast

feeding was 4.6 months. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 2547-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Dramatic recent decline in fertility in Bangladesh is

matched by substantial rise in contraceptive use.", is(are) Donovan P. The source of this article is "International

Family Planning Perspectives. 1995 Sep;21(3):124-6.". This article was published in 1995 in English language(s).

(PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 2547-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 7547

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