CASE 13: REDUCING FERTILITY IN BANGLADESH
1. is the reduction in fertility better or comparable to other population or reproductive health programs? How does the annual rate of fertility reduction for Bangladesh over the last 25 years compare to Kenya? India?
2. What do you think education has to do with fertility? Give examples.
3. What are five ways fertility affects development?
4. Will delay of age of marriage and/or birth spacing guarantee fertility reduction? Why? Why not?
5. What sorts of questions can be answered using longitudinal data collection such as is possible in the Matlab setting? Are there other ways to answer such questions? Consider the ability to answer questions about how specific outreach or other service delivery approaches affects demand for and use of services, long-term trends in family formation, fertility, women’s labor market participation, and so forth.