From: Fertility differential of women in Bangladesh demographic and health survey 2014
Characteristics | All | Education | Religion | Residence | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No education | Primary | Secondary | Higher | Muslim | Non- Muslim | Urban | Rural | ||
Among those with one child | |||||||||
Average age at first birth | 19.0 | 18.9 | 17.9 | 18.5 | 22.3 | 18.9 | 20.1 | 19.7 | 18.5 |
Among those with two children | |||||||||
Average age at first birth | 18.0 | 17.5 | 17.1 | 17.9 | 21.9 | 17.9 | 18.8 | 18.6 | 17.7 |
Average age at 2nd birth | 23.7 | 23.7 | 22.8 | 23.4 | 27.5 | 23.6 | 24.4 | 24.5 | 23.2 |
Year between 1st and 2nd child | 5.7 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 5.5 |
Among those with three children | |||||||||
Average age at first birth | 17.2 | 17.0 | 16.9 | 17.5 | 20.9 | 17.2 | 17.7 | 17.5 | 17.1 |
Average age at 2nd birth | 21.9 | 21.9 | 21.4 | 22.1 | 25.4 | 21.9 | 22.3 | 22.1 | 21.8 |
Average age at 3rd birth | 26.8 | 26.9 | 26.2 | 26.9 | 30.2 | 26.8 | 26.8 | 27.2 | 26.6 |
Year between 1st and 2nd child | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
Year between 2n and 3rd child | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 4.7 |
Year between 1st and 3rd child | 9.6 | 9.9 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 | 9.6 | 9.2 | 9.7 | 9.5 |