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Asia-Pacific Population Journal - Volume 16, Issue 4, 2001
Volume 16, Issue 4, 2001
Issued quarterly, this journal is an invaluable resource containing opinions and analysis by experts on critical issues related to population. It provides a medium for the international exchange of knowledge, experience, ideas, technical information and data on all aspects of population.
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Demographic transition in Bangladesh: What happened in the twentieth century and what will happen next?
Authors: Radheshyam Bairagi and Ashish Kumar DattaAt the beginning of the twentieth century, the total population of Bangladesh was less than 30 million. The annual growth rate of the population was less than 1 per cent until 1951, when the population reached about 44 million (Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, 1998). From the early 1950s, mortality started to decline while fertility remained high until the 1970s. Owing to the changes in fertility and mortality rates, from the 1950s the population started to grow at an unprecedented rate, reaching an all-time high (about 2.5 per cent per year) in the 1960s and 1970s. The growth rate then started to decline in the 1980s and is currently about 1.5 per cent per year (figure 1). At the close of the twentieth century, the population of Bangladesh stood at about 130 million.
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Effects of the productive role of Bangladeshi women on their reproductive decisions
Author: Abdullahel HadiThe role of reproductive health care in reducing maternal mortality and morbidity has been widely reported; in most developing countries, however, women still have little control over their sexuality and reproductive decisions (Cook and Fathalla, 1996; Hadi, 1999). This adverse situation has direct impacts on fertility, maternal morbidity, the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases and neonatal mortality (Heise, Moore and Toubia, 1995; Sadik, 1998; Berer, 2000). Although feminists have long been struggling to improve conditions for women, reproductive rights issues have only recently been getting recognition in demographic discourse. The long-term effects of violations of reproductive rights are not yet adequately understood, although it has been reported that abused women might have developed multiple medical complications such as chronic pelvic pain and somaticized symptoms. Although sex is a natural part of life, the ability of women to determine when they should copulate has a strong positive association with the prevention of unwanted pregnancy (Cook and Fathalla, 1996).
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The oral contraceptive pill in Viet Nam: Situation, client perspectives and possibilities for promotion
Authors: Nguyen Minh Thang and Vu Thu HuongViet Nam has one of the highest rates of abortion in the world, according to the 1997 Demographic and Health Survey. Even though official statistics and survey fieldwork are likely to have underreported the number of abortions, the rate is still high at 340 per 1,000 pregnancies (Henshaw and Morrow, 1990; NCPFP, 2000a). This can be partly attributed to unmet need for contraceptives among married women and also to the fact that unmarried women do not have access to free modern contraceptives (Nguyen Minh Thang and others, 1999). To deal with this situation, the Vietnamese Government’s family planning programme is expanding the contraceptive mix so that temporary methods such as condoms and oral contraceptive pills are being given more emphasis, especially the pills, as they are so effective in preventing pregnancy (NCPFP, 2000b; Harlap, Kost and Forrest, 1991).
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