TITLE:
A Statistical Approach to Analyze the Factors Affecting Family Planning in Bangladesh
AUTHORS:
Ataul Mustufa Anik, Shabab Noor Islam, Shahber Hassan, Susmoy Saha, Nayema Taskin Nabila
KEYWORDS:
Family Planning Practice, Factors, Contraceptive Prevalence Rate, Bangladesh
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Statistics,
Vol.9 No.1,
January
30,
2019
ABSTRACT: Family
planning is one of the essential tools for reducing maternal and neonatal
mortality rate. Several potential factors influence the usage of contraception, and the
purpose of the paper is to identify the relevant ones among them. Using the
data of BDHS 2014, cross tabulation and the multinomial logistic regression
model is used to analyze the association of different factors. The 2014 BDHS
gathered data from more than 17,000 families and more than 17,800 married
women. There are many factors that can be associated with the application of
family planning but among them. Heard about family planning on
Newspaper/magazine, Time spending on Television, heard about family planning
from media such as Television, Radio, etc., Household has: Radio appeared as
the significant determinants of family planning. In this research, it is found
that 94.9% did not use family planning where else only 5.1% used family
planning. Among those who used family planning methods 32.6% used pills, 16.1%
used injections, 7.2% used condoms, 3.2% used female sterilization, 0.6% used male
sterilization, etc. Arranging various campaigns and use of mass media is
fundamental to raise awareness about family planning.