Factors affecting fertility preference in Bangladesh: a multivariate analysis.

Abstract

"This study attempts to identify the correlated factors and their relative importance in explaining the total variation at individual level of family size desires [among] Bangladeshi women. Multiple linear regression is used to assess the direction and magnitude of association and the relative contribution to the variation by a set of variables. The analysis discloses the fact that number of living children seems to be the principal determinant among the variables considered in this study...."