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Bangladesh 1993-1994 Demographic and Health ... - Measure DHS

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abstaining. The mean duration of postpartum amenorrhea is 12 months; that of postpartum abstinence is 4months. The combination of these two factors means that <strong>Bangladesh</strong>i women are insusceptible to the riskof pregnancy--either due to amenorrhea or to abstinence for an average of 12 months after giving birth.The mean durations of amenorrhea calculated from the 1989 BFS <strong>and</strong> the 1991 CPS were also 12, indicatingno change over time (Huq <strong>and</strong> Clel<strong>and</strong>, 1990:87; Mitra et al., <strong>1993</strong>:97).Table 5.8 displays median durations of postpartum amenorrhea, abstinence <strong>and</strong> insusceptibility byvarious background characteristics. Differences are small, except that women with more education haveshorter durations of postpartum amenorrhea <strong>and</strong> insusceptibility than women with no education. The medi<strong>and</strong>uration of postpartum abstinence is 2 months for all subgroups of women; this finding is compatible withthe Muslim tradition of abstaining for 40 days following birth.Table 5.8 Median duration of postpartum insusceptibility by backgroundcharacteristicsMedian number of months of postpartum amenorrhea, postpartum abstinence, <strong>and</strong>postpartum insusceptibility, by selected background characteristics, <strong>Bangladesh</strong><strong>1993</strong>-94Postpartum NumberBackgroundcharacteristicPostpartumamenorrheaPostpartumabstinenceinsusceptibilityofwomenAge

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