Determinants of different birth intervals of ever married women: Evidence from Bangladesh

Introduction The analysis of factors affecting birth interval helps to reveal the mechanism and dynamics of fertility behavior which changes the population structure of a country. This study aims to examine the association among different socioeconomic and demographic factors with birth intervals and to identify the statistically significant factors of birth intervals. Material and methods This study has been used latest Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2014 data based on two stage stratified sample of households. Different birth intervals have been analyzed using various statistical techniques such as Kaplan Meier estimator, log rank test, Cox proportional hazard model and Frailty model. Results Among the ever married women, 92.40%, 76.80% and 61.60% have experienced live birth for first, second and third…