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

married women by the number of living children they had when they first used a method. Overall, two-fifths(39 percent) of women initiated contraceptive use when they had fewer than three living children and 11percent initiated use when they had no children. There is a tendency for younger women to have initiatedfamily planning use at lower parities than older women. For example, 28 percent of women age 20-24 startedusing contraception after their first child, compared to only 3 percent of women 45 -49. This probably reflectsthe fact that young women are more likely to use contraception to space births, while older women use it tolimit births.4.5 Family Planning DecisionmakingDiscussion between spouses and the process of making decisions that affect the family are importantissues in determining the extent of acceptance of use of family planning. In the BDHS, ever-married womenwho had ever used family planning were asked whether they or their husbands had more influence in makingthe decision to use family planning for the first time) Table 4.11 presents the results from this question.Table 4.11 Family plarming decisionmakin gPercent dis¢ibution of ever-married women who have ever used modern family planning by whetherrespondent or her husband had more influence in the decision to first use family planning, according to selectedbackground characteristics, Bangladesh 1993-94Husband OtherRespondent Husband and wife relative Not NumberBackground had more had more had equal had more stated/ ofcharacteristic influence influence influence influence Other Missing Total womenAge10-14 9.8 59.3 16.3 8.2 0.0 6.4 100.0 3315-1920-2419.425.734.225.839.942.53.22.41.10.62.33.1100.0100.0448115925-2930-3429.732.519.920.543.438.61.91.31.00.44.16.6100.0100.0135397935-39 35.2 16.6 39.7 1.9 0.9 5.6 100.0 79040-44 32.3 17.8 39.0 2.1 1.2 7.6 100.0 45245-49 35.9 17.2 36.3 4.5 1.5 4.5 100.0 228ResidenceUrban 29.2 18.6 43.6 1.4 0.7 6.5 100.0 787Rural 29.7 22.5 40.2 2.3 0.9 4.4 100.0 4654DivisionBarisalChittagong30.735.322.221.840.135.51.92.00.41.44.74.0100.0100.03741028Dhaka 30.7 21.5 38.8 3.2 1.2 4.7 100.0 1755Khulna 29.3 23.3 37.6 1.5 0.7 7.7 100.0 811Rajshahi 24.5 21.7 48.5 1.4 0.2 3.7 100.0 1473EducationNo educationPrimary incomplete33.929.721.023.037.640.42.71.91.10.93.74.2100.0100.028031018Primary complete 26.8 23.2 42.4 1.2 1.0 5.4 100.0 564Secondary/Higher 19.9 22.7 48.2 1.4 0.1 7.7 100.0 1057Total 29.7 21.9 40.7 2.2 0.8 4.7 100.0 5442Due to an error in the questionnaire, current users of periodic abstinence and withdrawal were not asked thisquestion.50