title: Fertility desires in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka:  an application of logit model.
abstract: "The relationship between fertility desires and some explanatory variables, number of living children, level of education, and age of women are studied by fitting a series of logit models for two developing countries, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.  The model which includes the main effects of all the explanatory variables to predict the fertility desires of women is found to be the most appropriate model for Sri Lanka whereas the best fitting model for predicting fertility desires among Bangladeshi women includes the interaction of age and number of living children as well as the interaction of number of living children and education in addition to the main effects of all the explanatory variables.  The single best predictor of future childbearing desires of women is found to be the number of living children, while the weakest predictor is the level of education."
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Islam
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001208:Asia; D001459:Bangladesh; D001723:Birth Rate; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005298:Fertility; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010298:Parity; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013188:Sri Lanka
keywords: Age Factors; Asia; Bangladesh; Comparative Studies; Cross-cultural Comparisons; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Educational Status--women; Evaluation; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Size; Family Size, Desired; Fertility; Fertility Measurements; Models, Theoretical; Parity; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Southern Asia; Sri Lanka; Studies