Table 7. Decomposition of the change in total fertility rate (TFR) in Asian countries from first period to recent period.
| Factors responsible for fertility change | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | India | Indonesia | Nepal | Philippines | Vietnam | |||||||
| (1996–97 to 2007) | (1992–93 to 2005–06) | (1997 to 2007) | (1996 to 2006) | (1998 to 2008) | (1997 to 2002) | |||||||
| Poor | Non poor | Poor | Non poor | Poor | Non Poor | Poor | Non Poor | Poor | Non poor | Poor | Non poor | |
| Percentage of change in TFR | ||||||||||||
| Proportion of women married | -0.441 | -3.026 | -2.874 | -18.593 | -648 | -0.534 | -1.592 | -16.070 | -17.299 | -22.343 | -10.978 | -4.779 |
| Contraceptive practice | -15.661 | -4.340 | -22.034 | -24.063 | -12.558 | -627 | -25.088 | -25.827 | -10.588 | -1.789 | -14.602 | 15.884 |
| Induced abortion | -0.338 | -1.877 | -1.321 | -5.206 | -3.584 | -5.187 | -1.928 | -4.462 | 0.011 | -0.004 | -2.041 | -6.757 |
| Duration of postpartum infecundity | 13.780 | 237 | 4.561 | 6.867 | 10.000 | 7.009 | -0.633 | -4.545 | 6.667 | 1.364 | 14.694 | -3.358 |
| Interaction | -1294 | -8.422 | 13.716 | 3.259 | -2.330 | 4.945 | 13.339 | 7.106 | 2.905 | 7.476 | -11.418 | -7.240 |
| Total | -16.954 | -13.428 | -7.951 | -37.736 | -14.921 | -0.193 | -15.902 | -43.798 | -18.305 | -15.296 | -24.345 | -450 |
| Distribution of percentage of change in TFR | ||||||||||||
| Proportion of women married | -2.602 | -22.533 | -3342 | -49.270 | -43.214 | -27682 | -10.011 | -36.690 | -94.502 | -146.065 | -45.093 | -7672 |
| Contraceptive practice | -92.374 | -32.324 | -277.108 | -63.767 | -84.168 | -3329.050 | -157.764 | -58.969 | -57.845 | -11.697 | -59.979 | 254.144 |
| Induced abortion | -1.992 | -13.978 | -16.615 | -13.796 | -24.022 | -2686.897 | -12.125 | -10.187 | 0.059 | -0.028 | -8.382 | -108.105 |
| Duration of postpartum infecundity | 81.276 | 31.557 | 57.365 | 18.197 | 67.021 | 3630.841 | -3.980 | -10.378 | 3620 | 8.915 | 60.358 | -53.731 |
| Interaction | -84.308 | -62.722 | 172.501 | 8.635 | -15.617 | 2561.588 | 83.880 | 1424 | 15.868 | 48.875 | -46.903 | -115.835 |
| Total | -100 | -100 | -100 | -100 | -100 | -100 | -100 | -100 | -100 | -100 | -100 | -100 |
| Absolute change in TFR | ||||||||||||
| Proportion of women married | -0.015 | -0.086 | -0.107 | -0.542 | -0.203 | -0.014 | -0.082 | -0.622 | -1.021 | -0.584 | -0.293 | -0.096 |
| Contraceptive practice | -0.545 | -0.123 | -0.817 | -0.701 | -0.396 | -0.166 | -1.286 | -1.000 | -0.625 | -0.047 | -0.390 | 0.318 |
| Induced abortion | -0.012 | -0.053 | -0.049 | -0.152 | -0.113 | -0.134 | -0.099 | -0.173 | 0.001 | 0.000 | -0.054 | -0.135 |
| Duration of postpartum infecundity | 0.480 | 0.120 | 0.169 | 0.200 | 0.315 | 0.182 | -0.032 | -0.176 | 0.393 | 0.036 | 0.392 | -0.067 |
| Interaction | -0.497 | -0.238 | 0.509 | 0.095 | -0.073 | 0.128 | 0.684 | 0.275 | 0.171 | 0.196 | -0.305 | -0.145 |
| Total | -0.590 | -0.380 | -0.295 | -1.100 | -0.470 | -0.005 | -0.815 | -1.695 | -1.080 | -0.400 | -0.650 | -0.125 |