TITLE:
Determinants of Sterilization Birth Control Method in Bangladesh
AUTHORS:
Mohammad Nazmul Hoq, Mohammad Emdad Hossain, Israth Sultana
KEYWORDS:
Sterilization, Socioeconomic Factors, Demographic Factors, Gender Preference, Bangladesh
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.7 No.9,
September
2,
2019
ABSTRACT: Sterilization
is one of the best ways to deal with population growth in a country. As the
fertility rate in Bangladesh is almost in the steady condition in the last
decades, this article explores the continuing low preference of sterilization
method rather than other birth control methods. For this purpose, the present
study utilized 2014 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey data set (BDHS,
2014)1. The Cross-tabulation and Logistic Regression analyses were
employed to identify the different demographic and socioeconomic factors which
affect the decision of using a permanent contraceptive method. The study found
that working status and social position of the respondents had a positive
relation with choice of sterilization, but interestingly the study identified
that education of couples had an unexpected negative correlation with the
decision of sterilization. Moreover, the study found that the decision of
sterilization strongly depends on the number of sons of the respondents.