title: Communication and contraception in rural Bangladesh.
abstract: This paper examines the association of communication in explaining the decision of women in rural Bangladesh to use or not to use contraception. Using survey data from villages in Bangladesh, we found that communication is an important influence on the ideational change for a smaller family norm and the practice of contraception. This is evident even when socioeconomic and cultural variables are controlled for. We recommend that to foster the use of contraception, communication factors should be given greater emphasis, especially to target husbands in the family planning program and to improve the image of female children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mass Communication, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. ka.gayen@napier.ac.uk
authors.forename: Kaberi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gayen
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Raeside
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001459:Bangladesh; D003142:Communication; D003267:Contraception / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D012424:Rural Population