title: Influence of family head's reproductive behaviour on the use of modern contraceptive methods by other members of the family in rural Bangladesh.
abstract: A study in Bangladesh showed that the probability of use of modern contraception by eligible family members of a household increases significantly if the household head himself is a user. Multinomial logistic regression showed that contraceptive use was also significantly related with maternal age, parity, education, socioeconomic status and experience of child mortality. Inclusion of ever use of modern contraceptives by the family head or his wife, showed family head's religiosity to be a significant predictor of use, apart from his age and parity, and after controlling for socioeconomic correlates.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Population Studies, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kamal
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001459:Bangladesh; D003268:Contraception Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011897:Random Allocation; D012423:Rural Health; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D018454:Spouses