Title : Determinants of Fertility Decline in Developing Countries: Empirical Evidence from Myanmar

Keywords : number of children ever born, socio-economic factors and demographic factors

Authors : Myo Myat Thu Zar

Publication Date : 2018-12-01

Description : Fertility is one of the key factors influencing population change. Fertility measures were derived from a population. As in developing countries including Myanmar is decreasing fertility rate. The total fertility rate (TFR) of women 15-49 estimated from the 2007 FRHS is two births per women. There has been steady decline in fertility in Myanmar in the past decades from 4.7 children per women in 1983 to 2 children per women in 2007. In this study, by using Myanmar Demographic and Health Survey (MDHS) raw data, fertility decline is calculated based on factors affecting the socio-economic factors such as women’s first birth age, paternal’ education and occupation, income, social media knowledge and place of residence. Multiple regression analysis is also used to the relationship between number of children ever born and demographic factors by using SPSS software.