This book contributes to better understanding of contraceptive use dynamics by using innovative data sets and appropriate data analytical techniques. The data used for this book are derived from the contraceptive calendar included in the three rounds (1993-94, 1996-97 and 1999-2000) of Bangladesh Demographic and Health Surveys. The proposed analytical techniques multistate models describe contraceptive histories and market segmentation techniques developed in market research are used to identify couples that have similar histories of contraceptive choice and use behavior.
Government and donor funding for family planning is declining, for most of the developing countries including Bangladesh, while the demand for reliable contraceptives continues to increase. This study shows that the level of contraceptive security can be maintained if programs differentiate between couples, between periods of reproductive life, and identify segments within the population according to contraceptive demand and supply.
Mohsina Khatun received her BSc Honors and MSc in Statistics, from the University of Jahangirnagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh and completed a two-year advanced statistical course at the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Calcutta, India. She worked as a research officer at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research of Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) and as a PhD candidate at the Population Research Centre of the University of Groningen. On the basis of this book she holds a PhD in Demography from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. She how lives in Brisbane, Australia.
