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

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  • Begum, Sharifa

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

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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.

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  • Begum, Sharifa, 2003. "Unchanging Fertility Level in Bangladesh in the 1990s: A Myth or Reality?," Bangladesh Development Studies, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), vol. 29(1-2), pages 67-94, March-Jun.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:badest:0445
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    Keywords

    Unchanging Fertility Level; Bangladesh; Myth; Reality;
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    • A10 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - General

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