Beschreibung
Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2017 in the subject Sociology - Social System and Social Structure, grade: 1.00, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, language: English, abstract: Bangladesh is the one of the most populous country in the world being able to make the world, the demographers and population scientists to look at this country with marvel eyes to see the staggering improvement in fertility declining. Without substantial improvement in socio-economic and health the extent and rapid declining fertility started from mid seventieth to mid nineteenth, and then remained constant over a decade. Bangladesh is now walking to attaining replacement level of fertility as the fertility declining again started from the mid twentieth and has been carrying the declining in fertility through all over the last decade. Along with achieving the long and glorious history of fertility declining Bangladesh also experienced an intensive increase in contraceptive use over these periods. This paper has been made an attempt to explore the rural urban differentiate of fertility and contraceptive use in Bangladesh adopting parity progression ratio and logistic regression model using the nationwide Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey data. The findings indicate that urban area has an improvement in fertility and contraceptive use than their rural counterparts. Age of the respondent, level of education, region, and current work status are significant predictors of current use of contraception in urban area. In rural area the significant predictors are age of the respondent, level of education, region, current work status, exposure to mass media and religion.
Autorenporträt
I hold a Master's Degree in statistics with courses that focused on economics, mathematics and sociology. During my tenure of 9 yrs my experience includes conducting and organizing research, coordinating with different levels of stake holders and administrators, monitoring and evaluating projects, providing technical support and making suggestions to make improvements. My other experience included, organizing and facilitating various trainings, workshop, providing necessary support to project team, facilitating participatory planning and budgeting, designing and monitoring program interventions, project database management, report writing/documentation, and coordination, linking and leading collaboration various stakeholders. I have extensive knowledge of quality control, data validation, and statistical methods. My knowledge of MS Office programs, SPSS, SAS and other statistical software like EViews, R etc enrich my analytical skill. I seek and apply knowledge, information and best practices from within and outside of working organization. I have a good moral integrity with proven ability to work and act with discretion in a sensitive and challenging atmosphere. I am able to think ahead at exiting situations and problems in novel ways and come up with creative solutions. I have an influential personality and possess strong communication skills with the ability to convey information clearly.
