Factors Affecting Fertility in Sylhet Division of Bangladesh: A Path Analytic Approach
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2007-08
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CRP, International Islamic University Chittagong
Abstract
The objective of the paper is to study the effects of
selected socio-economic and demographic factors on fertility
in Sylhet administrative division of Bangladesh based on the
data collected in the Bangladesh Demographic and Health
Survey, 2004 employing the technique of path analysis for
two age cohorts of women, IO paths out of 23 hypothesized
paths are found to be statistically significant for both the age
cohorts below 30 years and aged 30-49 years respectively, It
is found that age at effective first marriage has significant
direct negative effect 011 fertility for both the cohorts, Total
effect of female education 011 fertility is observed to be
negative while the total effects of religion and place of
residence on fertility are found to be positive for both the age
cohorts of women,
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Business Review Vol-2, Article-08, August 2007 (Page-125-136)
Keywords
Path analysis, Fertility, Cohort