The current study identified that women desired for
more than two children were more likely to experience
teenage marital pregnancy. Another study indicates that
women desired for more children less likely to use contraceptive
[21] and hence more likely to go for frequent
childbearing. Our study further revealed that majority of
the women desired for >2 children which is similar to
another study conducted in rural areas of Bangladesh
[21] but higher than that of national data where ideal
number of children was within two for 74.4% women
[15]. The difference, between national data and the current
study, may be because of the difference in study
population, i.e., national data were collected from
women aged 15-49 years while our data were collected
from women aged 15-29 years.