Background:Contraceptive use plays a significant role in controlling fertility, particularly in reaching the replacement level of fertility. The association between women’s employment status and contraceptive use is poorly studied and understood in Bangladesh. The aim of this study was to determine the factors that influence contraceptive use among employed and unemployed women in Bangladesh.Methods:Data and necessary information of 16,616 married women were extracted from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) 2011. The cross sectional data has been used for univariate analysis, to carry out the description of the variables; bivariate analysis, to find the associations among the variables; and binary logistic regression analysis, to evaluate the effects of selected sociodemographic factors on contraceptive use.Results:The results revealed that the contraceptive use was found higher among employed women (67%) than that of unemployed women. Women’s age, education, region, number of living children, and child preference were found to be significantly associated with current use of contraception among employed women. On the other hand, women’s age, education, husband’s education, region, residence, religion, number of living children, ever heard about family planning, and child preference were identified as the significant predictors of contraceptive use among unemployed women.Conclusion and Global Health Implications:A gap in using contraceptives among employed and unemployed women is identified. By creating employment opportunities for women to be enhanced the contraceptive use. Moreover, the sociodemographic factors need to be taken into consideration in formulating policies and implementing programs to increase the contraceptive prevalence rate among women.
The college population of the United States will grow more slowly and unevenly geographically, and it will be older on average, increasingly more diverse, and likely less affluent. By midcentury a majority of the college population will be minorities, and all of the net increase in the college population will come from minorities.
Demographic Factors Affecting Higher Education in the United States in the Twenty-First Century
Steve H. Murdock, Md. Nazrul HoqueOf the potentially significant changes in the U.S. population that will have an effect on future educational needs and services, three are among the most important relative to the magnitude of their potential impacts: the decline in the rate of population growth and changes in the sources of such growth, the aging of the population, and the increase in the number and proportion of minorities in the United States. These factors have been shown to have a marked impact on demographic, socioeconomic, and service factors (Murdock, 1995;Murdock and others, 1997).
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