| dc.description.abstract | 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. | en_US |
