Influence of son preference on contraceptive use in Bangladesh

Khan, M. Asaduzzaman; Khanum, Parveen A.

doi:10.18356/0bc0de2d-en

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“…Several authors have also found a positive relationship between female education and contraceptive use in Bangladesh [22,23,24]. Our findings are consistent with most of the literature of South Asia and elsewhere [20,25,26,27,28,29,30]. Women with more education were more likely to use contraceptives than uneducated women in India as well as Bangladesh [31].…”

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Sociodemographic Factors on Contraceptive Use among Ever-Married Women of Reproductive Age: Evidence from Three Demographic and Health Surveys in Bangladesh

2017

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Contraceptive use among married women of reproductive age has showed a substantial progress over the last few decades in Bangladesh. This study explores the sociodemographic factors associated with contraceptive use among ever-married women of reproductive age in Bangladesh by utilizing the information extracted from three of the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Surveys (BDHSs) in 1993–1994, 2004 and 2014. Bivariate analysis was conducted by performing chi-squared test of independence to explore the relationship between selected sociodemographic factors and dependent variables. To know the adjusted effects of covariates, a popular binary logistic regression model was considered. Respondents’ current age, place residence, division religion, education, age at first marriage, family planning (FP) media exposure, ideal number of children and fertility preferences are the significant determinants according to the most recent survey, BDHS 2014. However, wealth index and a respondent’s current working status were found to be significant factors only in BDHS 2004. The results of the study strongly recommend efforts to increase the education level among poor people, particularly among women in Bangladesh. Program interventions, including health behavior education and family planning services and counselling, are especially needed for some categories of the population, including those living in rural areas, Sylhet, Chittagong and Dhaka divisions, as well as illiterate and Muslim ever-married women.

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Sociodemographic Factors on Contraceptive Use among Ever-Married Women of Reproductive Age: Evidence from Three Demographic and Health Surveys in Bangladesh

2017

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“…While this effect of family size at higher parities is not unexpected given the relatively low fertility levels in Karnataka, this provides clear evidence that son preference is particularly important at the parities at which women have not reached their ideal total family size. This dynamic echoes recent analysis in Bangladesh by Khan and Khanum (2000) who find that the number of sons is a significant determinant of contraceptive use at lower but not at higher parities.…”

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Son preference and sterilisation use among young married women in two slums in Bengaluru city, India

Edmeades

Pande²,

Falle

et al. 2011

Global Public Health

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This paper explores the ways in which women’s sterilisation decisions are influenced by the combination of a preference for male children and a desire for smaller family size among young married women in two urban slums in Bengaluru, India. While both son preference and an emphasis on sterilisation are well-known demographic characteristics of most south-Asian countries, relatively little research has been conducted that links the two. We take advantage of a longitudinal survey of 416 unsterilised married women aged 16–25 to explore how having sons and the number of children influence a woman’s sterilisation decision. Discrete-time event-history techniques are used to estimate two models: the first examines the effect of having sons and number of children separately, and the second examines them in combination in the form of an interaction. The results suggest sterilization is motivated by son preference mainly at lower parities (three or fewer children) and by concerns about family size at higher parities. Understanding how sterilisation and other reproductive behaviours are influenced by the interaction of family size and sex preferences will help policymakers and programmers to meet the needs of women while continuing to address discriminatory behaviour against females.

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“…The strict birth control policy has resulted in abnormally high SRBs at parity two and higher. However, relaxing or abandoning the strict birth control policy would not necessarily eliminate the high SRB, because sociocultural factors characterized by son preference have a stronger effect on reproduction than do economic factors in traditional societies (Khan and Khanum 2000;Poston 2001). In rural China, son preference, which is embedded in the patrilineal family system and Confucian culture, has somewhat weakened, but the fundamental forces motivating villagers to bear sons persist since ''a significant shift in the institutional setting and cultural condition'' has not yet occurred (Greenhalgh 1995).…”

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“…When the desired family size declines, son preference becomes the main impediment to further reduction of fertility (Leone et al 2003), and short-term and narrowly defined population control activities may then be ineffective in reducing the influence of son preference on fertility. Nonetheless, an integrated effort to decrease gender inequality as well as to improve the status of women could help to alleviate son preference and further decrease the country's fertility rate (Khan and Khanum 2000;Poston and Gu 1987). Uxorilocal marriage is the outcome of a relaxed patrilineal family system.…”

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Marriage Form and Son Preference in Rural China: An Investigation in Three Counties*

Jin

Feldman

2007

Rural Sociology

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Using data from two surveys in three counties among which the prevalence of uxorilocal marriage varies greatly, this paper analyzes effects of marriage form, as well as individual, family, and social factors on son preference in the context of strict birth control in rural China. It is shown that, under the Chinese patrilineal joint family system, son preference can be inferred from the reproductive behavior of couples in virilocal marriage but not from that of couples in uxorilocal marriage. However, the negative effect of uxorilocal marriage on son preference is likely to depend on other factors. For all three counties, women married after the 1990s are less likely to have preference for sons; in regions with low prevalence of uxorilocal marriages, son preference is stronger for virilocally married couples with more sisters or having first birth at older age, and for couples whose marriages were arranged by others; in regions with high prevalence of uxorilocal marriages but under-developed economies, higher educated women in uxorilocal marriages have stronger son preference. Son preference differs greatly among the three counties and increased prevalence of uxorilocal marriage may significantly weaken son preference. These findings relate to changes in rural family and marriage customs during the current demographic and social transition, and suggest new approaches to weakening son preference while maintaining low fertility in rural China.

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Influence of son preference on contraceptive use in Bangladesh

Cited by 24 publications

References 16 publications

Sociodemographic Factors on Contraceptive Use among Ever-Married Women of Reproductive Age: Evidence from Three Demographic and Health Surveys in Bangladesh

Sociodemographic Factors on Contraceptive Use among Ever-Married Women of Reproductive Age: Evidence from Three Demographic and Health Surveys in Bangladesh

Son preference and sterilisation use among young married women in two slums in Bengaluru city, India

Marriage Form and Son Preference in Rural China: An Investigation in Three Counties*

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