Exploration of modern contraceptive methods using patterns among later reproductive-aged women in Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With the rapid increase in the number of women in their later reproductive years (aged 35 and above) in the present decade, the concern surrounding their contraceptive considerations has reached a critical point of importance. This study aims to examine the trends and determinants of modern contraceptive uptake among later reproductive-aged women in Bangladesh.

Methods

A total of 17,736 women aged 35 and above were included in the analysis, utilizing data from three consecutives Bangladesh Demographic and Health Surveys conducted in 2011, 2014, and 2017-18. The outcome variable was the uptake of modern contraceptive methods (yes or no). The explanatory variables encompassed survey years, individual characteristics of the women, as well as characteristics of their

SUBMITTER: Rana MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10984413 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature