Assessing the link between witnessing inter-parental violence and the perpetration of intimate partner violence in Bangladesh.

Background: We aimed to examine the influence of witnessing father-to-mother violence on: 1) perpetration of intimate partner violence (IPV); and 2) endorsement of attitudes justifying wife beating in Bangladesh.

Methods: This paper used data from the 2007 Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey. The analyses were based on the responses of 3374 ever-married men.

Association between high-risk fertility behaviours and the likelihood of chronic undernutrition and anaemia among married Bangladeshi women of reproductive age.

Objective: To explore the association between high-risk fertility behaviours and the likelihood of chronic undernutrition, anaemia and the coexistence of anaemia and undernutrition among women of reproductive age.

Design: The 2011 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey, conducted from 8 July to 27 December 2011.

Setting: Selected urban and rural areas of Bangladesh.