LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION AND FERTILITY: A STUDY OF MARRIED WOMEN IN BANGLADESH

• Published in: International journal of sociology of the family Vol. 22; no. 2; pp. 69 - 82
• Main Authors: MIAH, M. MIZANUR RAHMAN, MIZAN, AINON NAHAR
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India Prints India 01-10-1992
• Subjects: Age Factors; Asia; Attitude; Bangladesh; Behavior; Children; Contraception; Contraception Behavior; Data Collection; Demography; Developing Countries; Economics; Educational Status; Employment; Family Characteristics; Family planning; Family Planning Policy; Family Planning Services; Family Work Relationship; Female fertility; Fertility; Gender roles; Health Manpower; Islam; Labor Force Participation; Motivation; Multivariate Analysis; Occupations; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Psychology; Public Policy; Religion; Rural Population; Sampling Studies; Social Class; Socioeconomic Factors; Statistics as Topic; Womens studies; Workforce; Working Women; Asia; Bangladesh; Policy; Multivariate Analysis; Age Factors; Family Planning Policy; Contraceptive Usage; Educational Status > women; Marital Fertility > determinants; Socioeconomic Status; Research Methodology; Sampling Studies; Labor Force > women; Socioeconomic Factors; Motivation; Fertility; Rural Population; Population Characteristics; Human Resources > women; Employment Status; Population; Research Report; Employment > women; Behavior; Family Size; Social Policy; Demographic Factors; Macroeconomic Factors; Occupational Status; Attitude; Family Size, Desired; Southern Asia; Religion; Psychological Factors; Contraception; Population Policy; Family Planning; Studies; Surveys; Economic Factors; Bangladesh; Family Characteristics; Islam; Asia; Data Analysis; Developing Countries; Family And Household; Population Dynamics
• ISSN: 0020-7667; 0973-2039; 0020-7667

Applying multivariate analysis on the Bangladesh Fertility Survey data, 1975-1976, this paper examines the relationship between women's labor force participation and fertility. The results show that women's modern and traditional occupation as well as higher and secondary education lower their fertility significantly. Other independent variables such as age, religion, practice of family planning (chemical barriers and inefficient method) and husband's occupation (excepting mixed type) have significant positive effects on fertility. The implications of these findings for Bangladesh family planning programs and social development are discussed.