Research in fertility, preferences, particularly in developing countries, has received considerable attention in recent years because of its relationship with and important bearing on the complex family building processes.

Medical termination of pregnancy or MTP is a well-utilized procedure today especially in the urban areas of India. As such, therefore, a large number of women would be involved if post-MTP complications were to occur frequently.

Childbirth is a normal physiological process, which can become pathological due to the adoption of certain practices and consequently affect the health and survival of the newborn.

Research in fertility, preferences, particularly in developing countries, has received considerable attention in recent years because of its relationship with and important bearing on the complex family building processes.

Fertility behaviour in India, as anywhere else, is subject to socio-economic conditions as well as religious and cultural traditions.

Bangladesh, the eighth most populous nation in the world is also one of the poorest with a per capita income of less than US200. Although it enjoys a tropical monsoon climate, it is a country with unique geographic peculiarities, which distinguish it from the rest of the sub-continent.

Pakistan emerged as an independent state on August 14,1947, nearly 45 years ago, when the British presided over the partition of the Indian subcontinent. The country came about as a demand for an independent, Muslim state.

Bangladesh, the eighth most populous nation in the world is also one of the poorest with a per capita income of less than US200. Although it enjoys a tropical monsoon climate, it is a country with unique geographic peculiarities, which distinguish it from the rest of the sub-continent.

There is a plethora of information on the analyses of fertility differentials by various socio-economic factors.

Status literally means position in relation to others. The status enjoyed by women in any society is an index of the standard of its social organisation.