Using the data derived from the 1989 Bangladesh Fertility Survey, the 1993–94 and 1996–97 Bangladesh Demographic and Health surveys, this study attempts to find the relationships between the factors affecting contraception and fertility among currently married women by using a linear recursive path model which provides direct and indirect relationships between the variables. The results suggest that women's status had a significant negative effect on childbearing and it had a significant positive effect on the use of contraception. It was also observed that higher incidence of child mortality led to a higher level of fertility.
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