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Abstrak :
A further reduction in TF R is possible in a short period of time by meeting the unmet needs of high parity couples in Bangladesh. The statement is supported by the fact that 91% of the couples with three or more living children do not want additional children and that only 51% use family planning methods. However, 9% of the high parity couples want an traditional child. In this confer! the paper examined whether there exist association between gender composition of living children and the desire for additional children among high parity couples using the data extracted from the 2004 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey. The paper also examined whether education, socioeconomic status, and NGO membership can modify the influence of gentler compotition on desire for more children. The findings of the study showed that gentler preference, particularly of son, was more common among determinant of the desire for more children and it was more common among the women with all _female children, with odds of desiring additional children was 11,4 times of women those having at least one of both sexes in rural area while it was 7. 08 times in urban area. The also revealed that the influence of gentler preference was nor modified by education, socioeconomic status, and NGO of woman.