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Using the data derived from the 1989 Bangladesh Fertility Survey (BFS), the 1993-94 and 1996-97 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Surveys (BDHS), this paper
attempts to investigate the relationship between the age at marriage and fertility. It
also examines the factors affecting age at marriage at different time periods. Analysis
using number of children ever born as a measures of fertility shows that lower the
age at marriage, higher is the fertility. Application of multiple classification analysis
technique indicates that age at marriage increases with higher socioeconomic
conditions in Bangladesh. Female education appears to be the strongest determinant
of variation in age at marriage and all other factors such as place of residence, work
status, religion and geographic region show a statistically significant relationships.
Using the data derived from the 1996-97 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey, this investigation attempts to examine the relationship between the child mortality and fertility. Child mortality is one of the postpartum variables contributing to high fertility. The results of multiple classification analysis suggested that the couples who had the experience of child death had higher mean number of live births.
