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

Table 3.6 Percent pregnantPercentage of currently married women who were pregnantat the time of interview, by age group, selected sources,Bangladesh, 1975-19941975 1989 1991 1993-94Age group BFS BFS CPS BDHS15-19 15.2 a 14.7 a 19.6 17.120-24 15.5 13.3 16.2 13.025-29 14.9 10.4 11.2 9.030-3435-3911.210.78.34.87.14.27.02.7404.4 O U 1.5 0.8454.9 U U 0.2 0.0Total 12.5 9.3 10.7 8.7U = Unknown (not available)aCurrently married women less than 20 yearsSource: 1975 BFS and 1989 BFS (Cleland et al., 1994:21);1991 CPS (Mitra et al., 1993:39)Table 3.7 provides further insights into the fertility decline discussed above. The table gives the agespecificfertility rates for five-year periods preceding the survey, using data from respondents' birth histories.Figures in brackets represent partial fertility rates due to truncation; women 50 years of age and older werenot included in the survey and the further back into time rates are calculated, the more severe is the truncation.For example, rates cannot be calculated for women age 45-49 for the period 5-9 years before the survey,because those women would have been over age 50 at the time of the survey and thus were not interviewed.The data show generally declining fertility experienced by women in most age groups during the last twodecades. The decline from the period 5-9 to 0-4 years before the survey was much larger than the declinefrom 10-14 to 5-9 years before the survey, implying that the fertility decline has increased substantially inrecent years. Alternatively, if, as discussed above, the ages of young children are routinely overstated inBangladeshi surveys, the result could mimic a more rapid decline in fertility in the five years preceding thesurvey.Table 3.7 Age-specific fertility ratesAge-specific fertility rates for five-year periods precedingthe survey, by mother's age at the time of birth, Bangladesh1993-94Number of years preceding the surveyMother'sage 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-1915-19 159 207 234 22520-24 216 290 296 30925-2930-34172122242191294237275[239]35-39 70 141 [208]404.4 30 [80145-49 [16]Note: Age-speciflc fertility rates are per 1,000 women.Estimates in brackets are truncated.31