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ASIAN POPULATION STUDIES
Volume 11, Issue 3, Pages 296-311Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/17441730.2015.1093749
Keywords
two Bengals; contraceptive behaviour; son preference; sequential logit models
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- Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) [INDO/FRC/452 (Y-02)/2012-13IHD]
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Although the people of Bangladesh and the state of West Bengal in India share common cultural practices, they differ in contraceptive adoption and practice. The use of modern contraceptive methods among women and couples of the two Bengals differ from each other. The use of natural method is significantly higher among women and couples in West Bengal compared to that of their counterparts in Bangladesh. The study analyses data from Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) using sequential logit models. Results show that greater reliance on natural methods among women of West Bengal is related to higher preference for sons compared to that in Bangladesh.
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