Unchanging Fertility Level in Bangladesh in the 1990s: A Myth or Reality?

Sharifa Begum
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Sharifa Begum: Former Senior Research Fellow, Bangladesh Institute of Dev elopment Studies (BIDS).

Bangladesh Development Studies, 2003, vol. 29, issue 1-2, 67-94

Abstract: Estimates from three rounds of BDHS suggest of unchanging fertility level in Bangladesh during the 1990s. This is quite puzzling given the widely acknowledged success of Bangladesh in reducing fertility in early years and it contradicts the steady increase in contraceptive practice during the same period. This paper revisits the numerical estimates upon examining several indirect methods and concludes that fertility decline did not stop during 1990s even though the pace of decline slowed down.

Keywords: Unchanging Fertility Level; Bangladesh; Myth; Reality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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