The Effect of Child Mortality on Fertility

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The Effect of Child Mortality on Fertility

Ahmad Kabir, Rukhshana Jahan, Mohammad Shahidul Islam and Rahmat Ali

Using the data derived from the 1996-97 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey, this investigation attempts to examine the relationship between the child mortality and fertility. Child mortality is one of the postpartum variables contributing to high fertility. The results of multiple classification analysis suggested that the couples who had the experience of child death had higher mean number of live births.

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Ahmad Kabir, Rukhshana Jahan, Mohammad Shahidul Islam and Rahmat Ali, 2001. The Effect of Child Mortality on Fertility. Journal of Medical Sciences, 1: 377-380.

DOI: 10.3923/jms.2001.377.380

URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jms.2001.377.380

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Ahmad Kabir

Rukhshana Jahan

Mohammad Shahidul Islam

Rahmat Ali

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The Effect of Child Mortality on Fertility

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