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Effect of son mortality on contraceptive practice in Bangladesh
1Department of Sociology, Michigan State University, East Lansing.
Journal of Biosocial Science
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
This study based on the 1975-76 Bangladesh Fertility Survey showed that the mortality of sons, and not daughters, was associated with a lower rate of female contraceptive initiation of use and a higher rate of discontinuation.
Keywords:
AsiaBangladeshBehaviorChild MortalityChild Mortality Fear IndexContraceptionContraception ContinuationContraceptive UsageData AnalysisDaughtersDemographic FactorsDeveloping CountriesFamily And HouseholdFamily CharacteristicsFamily PlanningFamily RelationshipsFertilityFertility MeasurementsFertility SurveysMethodological StudiesMortalityPopulationPopulation DynamicsPsychological FactorsResearch MethodologySex PreferenceSonsSouthern AsiaStatistical RegressionValue OrientationWorld Fertility Surveys