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    Factors affecting on current contraception use among currently married women in urban and rural areas of Bangladesh
    (IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS), 2016-04) Hoq, Mohammad Nazmul
    Bangladesh has highest Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR) after Sri Lanka and Bhutan in South Asia but still lagged behind with the developed countries. This paper uses data from Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2011 to examine different socio-economic and demographic factors which are correlates to current contraception use among currently married women in urban and rural areas in Bangladesh. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses have been used to estimate the factors affected on contraception use in city and countryside of Bangladesh. The results show that current age of respondent, number of living children, respondent currently working, fertility preference, visited by FP field worker, marital duration and region have most significant effect on current contraception use in urban and rural areas by both cross-tabulation and logistic regression analyses. Moreover, respondent’s education and husband’s occupation have been found significant association with contraception use in both areas.
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    Factors Affecting on Early Marriage of Women in Rural Areas, Bangladesh
    (Asian Business Consortium, 2015) Sultana, Israth; Hossain, Mohammad Emdad; Hoq, Mohammad Nazmul
    Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries in the world where population growth rate is 1.6 percent (Wikipedia). Early marriage is one of the important factors of population growth. This paper uses data from Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2011 to examine different socio-economic and demographic factors that are correlated to age at first marriage of women in the rural area. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyzes have been used to estimate the factors effect on age at first marriage. The results show that respondent‘s education, husband‘s education, husband‘s occupation, religion, region and socio-economic status have a significant effect on age at first marriage of women in the rural area by both Cross-tabulation and Logistic regression analyzes. Moreover, access to mass media has found a significant association with age at first marriage in the rural area by Cross-tabulation analysis.
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    The Causes and Consequences of Rural Urban Migration in Bangladesh : A Review of the Relevant Literature
    (Centre for Research on Islamic Management and Business, 2017-06) Firoj, Mahamuda; Rosni, Bakar
    This study aims at reviewing the existing theories and studies of rural urban migration which explore the causes and consequences of rural urban migration of a developing country like Bangladesh. According to most of the relevant studies of rural urban migration poverty, joblessness, homelessness, landlessness, economic degradation, mal adjustment of the community, river erosion and various natural calamities are the major push factors in migration process. Although pull factors are not so dominant, easy access of informal sector, higher income earning possibility, better service facilities, and bright city lights attracted people to make a settlement in the urban areas. Depending on reviewed document, the significant consequences of migration are crate employment and cash earning, enjoying some civic amenities, overcrowding, difficulties of waste disposal, shortage of housing, inadequate educational facilities, poor water and power supply, traffic congestion and environmental degradation.