title: Factors affecting fertility preference in Bangladesh: a multivariate analysis.
abstract: "This study attempts to identify the correlated factors and their relative importance in explaining the total variation at individual level of family size desires [among] Bangladeshi women. Multiple linear regression is used to assess the direction and magnitude of association and the relative contribution to the variation by a set of variables.  The analysis discloses the fact that number of living children seems to be the principal determinant among the variables considered in this study...."
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rasul
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001459:Bangladesh; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005298:Fertility; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics
keywords: Asia; Bangladesh; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Size; Family Size, Desired--determinants; Fertility; Fertility Preferences--determinants; Population; Population Dynamics; Southern Asia