Does Infertility Affect Socioeconomic Factors? Evidence from India and Bangladesh.

This paper attempts to examine the socio economic factors influencing the women infertility in India and Bangladesh. The main aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of socio economic factors on infertile women across India and Bangladesh. Quantitative study was carried out by taking the data from NFHS-4 health survey. Infertile women were selected based on the assumptions. Binary logistic regression was done to find the association between the economic variables and infertility. On contrary to Bangladesh, Wealth index, residence and education were largely influenced by a infertile women in India. The study pays way for further study by gathering information through direct discussion with infertile women. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]