The effects of family planning workers' contact on fertility preferences: evidence from Bangladesh
Arends-Kuenning, M.; Hossain, M.B.; Barkat-e-Khuda
Studies in Family Planning 30(3): 183-192
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0039-3665 PMID: 10546310 DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.1999.00183.xDocument Number: 206312
This study examines the relationship between the decline in desired family size and visits from family planning workers within three intervals (1982-85, 1985-90, and 1990-93) in Bangladesh. Data utilized were gathered from surveys conducted by the International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Maternal and Child Health-Family Planning Extension Project. A logistic regression analysis was used to examine whether family planning workers' visit received during an interval had an effect on the probability that altered women's fertility preference. Results revealed that a number of rounds during which women received visits from family planning workers has no statistical significant effect on the probability that women altered their preference from wanting more children at the beginning of an interval to wanting no more at the end of the interval.