Fertility Behaviour among Ever Married women at age 15-49 Years of Kumal Community (A Case Study Of Bharatpur Municipality-11 Chitwan District)

Abstract

The study on "FertilityBehaviouramongEverMarried Womenat Age 15-49Yearsof Kumal Community”had been carried out using primary data obtainedfrom 100 respondents for ever married women age 15-49 years in this study therelation between fertility and demographic variables.Among the total respondents women 61.0 percent are literate and 39.0 percentis illiterate similarly among the total respondent women 54.0 percent isengaged in agriculture sector. 12.0 percent is landless and 88.0 percent hasownership of land. Out of the total ever marriedrespondents45.0 percent ismarried in the highest CEB (5.9) is found among the respondent who havegiven first birth at age 15-16 years. In the age group of 17-19 years in thestudy, the analysis of demographic factors shows that the age of women andduration of married age are positively associated with fertility where agedmarriage is seen negatively associated with fertility. Similarly, childlessexperience is positively related with fertility.