http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/44 2026-04-24T15:13:33Z http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/508 FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPRODUCTIVE NORMS OF MANIPURI AND KHASIA COMMUNITY IN BANGLADESH AKTER, SHARMIN The study is an attempt to examine the reproductive norms of Manipuri and Khasia community in Bangladesh A sample of 113 (82 Manipuri & 31 Khasia) ever-married 15-49 aged ethnic female were selected purposively from Sylhet district. The information was recorded in a prestructured questionnaire. Simple descriptive analysis, Cross tabulation, Chi-square test and binary logistic regression analysis were performed for analyzing data. The current use of contraception was much higher (68%) among the Manipuri women than that from National level (62%) but the khasis current contraception was lower (58%) with respect to both National level and Manipuri women. In bi-variate analysis the chi-square test revealed five factors i.e., having children or not, number of children, Electronic devices, each outcome pregnancies from the very first and age at first marriage were significantly associated with the dependent variable contraceptive use. A binary logistic regression model was employed to identify the influence of different demographic and socio-economic characteristics on contraceptive use. Among all the important independent variables only one independent variable had significant effects on contraceptive use. Because these ethnic groups are highly motivated to keep the family size small from generation to generation as whether a respondent is literate or illiterate, rich or poor or in any other aspects. Finally, this study suggested some policy recommendations but among them specifically emphasized the active roles of their representative leaders for the development of their reproductive norms along with their socio-economic conditions. 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/507 A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON SOCIO ECONOMIC STATUS OF MANIPURI AND KHASIA ETHNIC COMMUNITY IN NORTH EASTERN REGION OF BANGLADESH PAL, NONDAN The aim of the study is to measure the socio-economic status of the Manipuri and Khasia community and the determinants of the socio-economic status of the Manipur and Khasia community. The study analyzed a total of 113 (82 Manipuri & 31 khasia) respondents from Manipuri and Khasia community purposively from Sylhet district. The information was recorded in a pre-structured questionnaire. A multidimensional self developed Socio-Economic Index was constructed by the composition of various factors was used to measure the socio-economic status of the Manipuri and Khasia community. To determine the predictor of Socio-Economic Status, Simple descriptive analysis, Cross tabulation, Chi-square test, binary logistic regression analysis have been adopted systematically. Socio economic index revealed that 42.68% of the Manipuri respondents were having good socio economic status while only 3.23% of the Khasia respondents were having good socio economic status. With the help of binary logistic regression analysis, it was found that Family Type, Monthly Family Expenditure, and Contraceptive Use were the predictors of Socio-Economic Status for Manipuri community and only Contraceptive Use was the predictor of Socio-Economic Status for Khasia community. The study suggests that socio economic condition of the ethnic community can be improved by ensuring the use of contraceptive. The study also recommends for building consciousness among the ethnic community about the benefit of contraceptive use. 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z