Table 3. Estimated total fertility rate (TFR), adjusted total marital fertility rate (TMFR) and index of Cm by economic status in selected Asian countries according to DHS data.
| Country/Survey | Poor | Non-poor | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TFR | TMFR | Cm | TFR | TMFR | Cm | |
| Bangladesh | ||||||
| 1996–97* | 3.48 | 4.04 | 0.861 | 2.83 | 3.29 | 0.861 |
| 1999–2000** | 3.92 | 4.75 | 0.825 | 2.76 | 3.25 | 0.850 |
| 2007*** | 2.89 | 3.36 | 0.857 | 2.45 | 2.93 | 0.835 |
| India | ||||||
| 1992–93* | 3.71 | 4.43 | 0.838 | 2.92 | 4.44 | 0.657 |
| 1998–99** | 3.17 | 3.88 | 0.818 | 2.54 | 4.01 | 0.632 |
| 2005–06*** | 3.42 | 4.19 | 0.814 | 1.82 | 3.39 | 0.535 |
| Indonesia | ||||||
| 1997* | 3.15 | 4.50 | 0.701 | 2.59 | 3.81 | 0.679 |
| 2003** | 2.69 | 4.11 | 0.655 | 2.50 | 3.83 | 0.653 |
| 2007*** | 2.68 | 4.09 | 0.655 | 2.59 | 3.82 | 0.676 |
| Nepal | ||||||
| 1996* | 5.13 | 4.30 | 0.823 | 3.87 | 4.71 | 0.821 |
| 2001** | 4.83 | 5.94 | 0.812 | 2.97 | 3.73 | 0.796 |
| 2006*** | 4.31 | 5.32 | 0.809 | 2.18 | 3.16 | 0.689 |
| Philippines | ||||||
| 1998* | 5.90 | 9.14 | 0.646 | 2.62 | 7.50 | 0.349 |
| 2003** | 5.48 | 8.97 | 0.611 | 2.44 | 6.66 | 0.367 |
| 2008*** | 4.82 | 9.03 | 0.534 | 2.22 | 8.18 | 0.271 |
| Vietnam | ||||||
| 1997* | 2.67 | 4.92 | 0.543 | 2.00 | 3.76 | 0.532 |
| 2002** | 2.02 | 4.18 | 0.483 | 1.88 | 3.70 | 0.507 |
Note:
*refers to first period,
**refers to middle period,
***refers to recent period