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Trends in Pregnancy and Fertility in a Rural Area of East Pakistan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

John Stoeckel  and
Moqbul A. Choudhury
John Stoeckel
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, and Pakistan Academy for Rural Development, Camilla, East Pakistan
Moqbul A. Choudhury
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, and Pakistan Academy for Rural Development, Camilla, East Pakistan
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Summary

An analysis of pregnancy and fertility trends, utilizing the Bogue pregnancy history technique, indicates that pregnancy and fertility declined by approximately 27% in a rural area of East Pakistan between 1958 and 1967. The results reflect the impact of the organizer approach to family planning as well as of the commercial distribution programme. If the present trend continues, it could be expected that women in the more fertile age groups of 15 to 19 years and 20 to 24 years will show a greater reduction in total pregnancy and fertility rates than those in the older age groups. It appears also that foetal mortality may play an important role in affecting variation in fertility in particular segments of the age structure. This suggestion, however, should be treated with caution since the presence of sampling errors could have affected the apparent incidence of foetal mortality.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 2 , Issue 4 , October 1970 , pp. 329 - 335
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1970

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