Determinants of Contraception Use among Female Adolescents in Bangladesh
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Date
2012
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Canadian Center of Science and Education
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine various socio-economic and demographic factors associated with
contraception use among adolescents of Bangladesh. For this purpose, the present study utilizes the nationally
representative survey data of Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey, (National Institute of Population
Research and Training (NIPORT), 2009). The cross-tabulation and Logistic regression analyses have been used
to estimate the factors affected the use of contraception in Bangladesh. Respondents’ education, their husbands’
education, type of place of respondents, involvement with NGO program, marital duration, age at first marriage,
age of respondent, communication between husband and wife, respondent currently working place, number of
visits by family planning (FP) field workers and number of living children. Age at first marriage and age of
respondents type of place of residence have been found to have significant effect on contraception use by both
cross-tabulation and Logistic regression analyses. The study shows that adolescents who have at least one living
child are tend to more use of contraceptive methods than those who have no living child.
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Keywords
adolescence, contraception, contraceptive prevalence, family planning, Bangladesh
Citation
Volume 8; Number 12; 2012; Page: 181-191