The present study attempts to understand how the interplay between differential stopping behavior and contraceptive use dynamics may have resulted in the convergence of rural-urban fertility in West Bengal, India. Using data from the National Family Health Surveys and employing sequential logit regressions, we were able to confirm that differential stopping behavior, particularly among the rural women—by adopting contraception at first parity after having a boy, or choosing modern methods over natural methods at second parity after having two successive boys—may be one of the factors that led to the rural-urban convergence of fertility.

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印度西孟加拉邦的城乡生育力趋同，差异制止行为和避孕方法混合：时空分析

本研究试图了解差异性停止行为与避孕使用动态之间的相互作用如何导致印度西孟加拉邦的城乡生育趋同。使用来自全国家庭健康调查的数据，并采用顺序logit回归，我们能够确定差异的制止行为，特别是在农村妇女中，通过生下男孩后首先进行同等避孕或第二次选择现代方法而不是自然方法来确认停止行为，特别是在农村妇女中连续生了两个男孩之后的均等现象可能是导致城乡人口融合的因素之一。