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Effect of child survival on contraceptive use in Bangladesh

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

A. I. Chowdhury ,
Vincent Fauveau  and
K. M. A. Aziz
A. I. Chowdhury
Affiliation:
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Vincent Fauveau
Affiliation:
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
K. M. A. Aziz
Affiliation:
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Summary

A study in Bangladesh showed that couples who lost a child often stopped practising contraception in order to have another child. Logistic regression analysis revealed that contraceptive continuation was related to maternal age, parity, husband's education and the sex of the last child.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 24 , Issue 4 , October 1992 , pp. 427 - 432
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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