Estimation of number of ever born children using zero truncated count model: evidence from Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey

This study proposes zero truncated Poisson and zero truncated negative binomial regression models in order to find the best fitted model to estimate number of ever born children using BDHS 2014 dataset. Findings reveal that, the number of children increases with the increment of respondent ’s age but number of children declines if education status of respondents as well as their husbands’ increases. Similarly, religion, wealth index and wanted last child have significantly influenced the number of child ever born. Surprisingly, the number of children ever born to a mother from rur al area does not differ significantly from that of urban area in Bangladesh, though there exists a little fluctuation in the number of children ever born to a mother living in seven administrative divisions. Intension of contraceptive use has no influence on number of ever born children to a mother.
Source: Health Information Science and Systems - Category: Information Technology Source Type: research