Active Participation of Male in Family Planning

Scientific Essay from the year 2017 in the subject Sociology - Gender Studies, grade: 2.0, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, language: English, abstract: Men are partners in reproduction and sexuality. It is therefore required that both men and women equally share satisfying sexual lives and the burden of preventing diseases and health complications. This paper studies the status of male active participants in family planning in Bangladesh and further explores the associated determinants. The study makes use of Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey, 2007 data (BDHS-2007). Bivariate analysis shows that age of the respondent, age of the partner, family type, respondent's desire for more children, partners' desire for more children, discuss FP with partner, education of the respondent, education of the partner and division are significantly associated with active participation of male in family planning. Logistic regression analysis identifies four significant determinants of active participation of male in family planning which are age of the respondent, age of the partner, education of the partner and discuss family planning with partner.

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