title: Factors affecting fertility in a rural area of Bangladesh.
abstract: "The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of selected socioeconomic and demographic factors on fertility in a rural area of Bangladesh. It has been revealed that age at first marriage and coital frequency have direct significant effects while ever use of contraception and duration of breast-feeding have direct positive significant effects on total parity. Total effects of wife's education and age at first marriage on fertility are found to be negative while those of religion and household income on fertility are found to be positive."
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001459:Bangladesh; D001519:Behavior; D001723:Birth Rate; D001942:Breast Feeding; D003075:Coitus; D003267:Contraception; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004493:Education; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005298:Fertility; D006262:Health; D007182:Income; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D008393:Marriage; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D010298:Parity; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012067:Religion; D012424:Rural Population; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Asia; Bangladesh; Behavior; Breast Feeding; Coital Frequency; Contraception; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Education--women; Family Planning; Fertility; Fertility Determinants; Fertility Measurements; Health; Income; Infant Nutrition; Marriage; Marriage Age; Marriage Patterns; Nuptiality; Nutrition; Parity; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Religion; Rural Population; Sex Behavior; Socioeconomic Factors; Southern Asia