Determinants of lifetime fertility of evermarried women in Pakistan (evidence from PDHS 2012-2013)

Type Journal Article - Pakistan Journal of Women's Studies
Title Determinants of lifetime fertility of evermarried women in Pakistan (evidence from PDHS 2012-2013)
Author(s)
Volume 23
Issue 1
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2016
Page numbers 133-148
URL https://search.proquest.com/openview/a69a1bfc4903d061a8125a3285ba0473/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=400​72
Abstract
Fertility is a standout among the most vital components deciding the rate of populace
development in developing nations like Pakistan. It has the capability of influencing
the prosperity of mothers: high birthrate and shorter conception interims influence
the survival odds of youngsters and the wellbeing status of mothers. Fertility even goes
to the degree of influencing the financial improvement of a given nation if
appropriate care and moves are not made. The primary target of this paper is to
recognize the financial and demographic elements influencing the lifetime fertility of
women in various locales of Pakistan so that suitable measures can be taken to
accomplish the goal of lower population. Examination of this study depends on the
2012-2013 Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey gathered by National Institute
of Population Studies (NIPS). Presently married women in the youngster-bearing age
(i.e. 15-49) were utilized to fit a bivariate and multivariate investigation with
Generalized slightest Modeling (GLM), anticipating determinants of lifetime fertility
utilizing Poisson regression. Consequences of both the bivariate and the multivariate
model demonstrated that women with more education, getting married late, exposed
to media and having more surviving children, have a tendency toward lower
birthrates when contrasted with women having no or less training, who were wedded
young and encountered child mortality at national and local levels. Surveying the
degree to which regenerative wellbeing and family planning projects are actualized in
each of the areas is likewise one of the essential conditions for contracting the gaps in
levels of fertility crosswise over different regions.

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