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Year: 2002 | Volume: 2 | Issue: 4 | Page No.: 247-249
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2002.247.249
The Effect of Sex Preference on Contraceptive Use in Bangladesh
Ahmad Kabir, Rahmat Ali and Mohammad Shahidul Islam

Abstract: Using the data derived from the three national surveys, this article attempts to find the effect of sex preference on the use of contraception. The findings show that in the absence of sex preference, there would have been an increase in the contraceptive prevalence rate indicating that sex preference is still prevalent in Bangladesh. But this effect has been weakened with increase in contraceptive prevalence rate. Analysis of variance suggests that son preference is an important determinant of contraceptive use.

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Ahmad Kabir, Rahmat Ali and Mohammad Shahidul Islam , 2002. The Effect of Sex Preference on Contraceptive Use in Bangladesh. Journal of Biological Sciences, 2: 247-249.

Keywords: analysis of variance, sex preference, Coctraceptive and determinant

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