Explaining fertility transition of a developing country: an analysis of quantum and tempo effect

Table 1 Quantum and Tempo of fertility for Bangladesh (BDHS 2004, 2007, 2011)

Data	MAC	Birth	No. of	Year 1	Year 2	Year 2	Year 3
		Order	births	MAC _i	TFR _i	adj TFR _i	MAC _i
BDHS 2004		1	1291	19.0	0.67	1.42	20.1
		2	1066	22.3	0.66	0.89	22.8
	25.5	3	770	25.4	0.55	0.59	25.6
		4	467	27.5	0.39	0.41	27.6
		5+	682	33.5	0.67	0.72	33.6
		Total	4276		2.95	4.03
BDHS 2007		Birth	No. of	Year 1	Year 2	Year 2	Year 3
		Order	births	MAC _i	TFR _i	adj TFR _i	MAC _i
		1	1199	19.6	0.81	1.11	20.1
		2	979	23.5	0.68	0.75	23.7
	25.2	3	617	26.1	0.5	0.92	27.0
		4	363	28.6	0.31	0.38	29.0
		5+	446	32.6	0.43	0.69	33.4
		Total	3604		2.73	3.85
BDHS 2011		Birth	No. of	Year 1	Year 2	Year 2	Year 3
		Order	births	MAC _i	TFR _i	adj TFR _i	MAC _i
		1	1884	19.7	0.71	0.87	20.1
		2	1495	23.4	0.65	0.88	23.9
	24.7	3	895	26.5	0.49	0.56	26.7
		4	441	29.2	0.29	0.33	29.7
		5+	423	34.4	0.17	0.18	34.5
		Total	5138		2.31	2.82

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