Fertility: the dynamic of birth interval in Bangladesh
Abdul Hannan Shaikh,
The study attempts to investigate birth interval patterns and its determinants in Bangladesh, using the data of Bangladesh Demographic and Health survey
1993-94. The finding shows that most of the women try
to have their first child as soon as possible after
their first marriage. The estimated median months and
cumulative proportion at specified months by
residence, education, and region were obtained by
using life table methods. Hazard Model was used to
estimate the effects of mothers` education, age at
first marriage, urban-rural residence, sex of the
previous sibling, and status of the previous child
(whether the previous child died) on birth interval.
The results of this study support that mothers`
education, age at first marriage and urban-rural
residence have significant effects on first birth
interval. For second and third birth intervals
mother’s education and status of previous child have
highly significant effect.
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