Researcher Profile

My research interest is to study the determinants of fertility, mortality, and contraceptive use. I am particularly interested on infant, child, and adolescent health, non-communicable diseases and risk factors, population growth and aging, heath equity and self-rated health and mortality.

To monitor health and demographic indicators of slum population and to evaluate intervention program, I am currently involved to establish the Health and Demographic Surveillance System in selected slums of Dhaka and Gazipur City Corporations. This urban HDSS will provide a platform for investigating linkages between urban poverty, health, and demographic and other socioeconomic outcomes and will facilitate evaluation of interventions.

I am also involved (collaboration with the University of Colorado) in examining the long-term effects of health and human capital interventions on well-being over time and across generations; Matlab HDSS along with survey data will be used for these studies.

• Member, Academic Committee ‘Master in Population, and Reproductive Health’, East West University, Dhaka
• Country Contact, Global Observatory for Physical Activity
• Member, Board of Trustee of INDEPTH Network (2006-2008)
• Member, Editorial Board of the South Asian Journal of Population and Health
• Member, Editorial Board of the Open Demography Journal, Bentham Science Publishers
• Member, Heath Equity Working Group, INDEPTH-Network
• Member, Adult Health and Productivity Working Group, INDEPTH-Network
• Scholarship (1983-85) by ADAB for M.A study, Australian National University
• Scholarship (1990-94) by Australian National University for PhD study

Selected publications include:

• Abdur Razzaqueet al. Mother’s death and children’s schooling: Evidence from Matlab, Bangladesh, Asian Population Studies, (forthcoming).
• David Bishai, Abdur Razzaque et al. Selection Bias in the Link between Child Wantedness and Child Survival: Theory and Data from Matlab, Bangladesh, Demography, Vol-52, 2015.
• Razzaque A, AHMG Mustafa, Peter Kim Streatfield. Do self-reported health indicators predict mortality? Evidence from Matlab, Bangladesh, Journal of Biosocial Science, 2013; 12:1-14.
• Razzaque A, Akhtar Hossain, Julie DaVanzo, Mohammad Enamul Hoque, Nurul Alam, Abbas Bhuiya, Peter Kim Streatfield.Effect of Maternal Mortality on Survival of Under-five Children: Evidence from Matlab, Bangladesh, Asian Population Studies, DOI: 10.1080/17441730.2013.851342.
• David Canning, Abdur Razzaque, Julia Driessen. The Effect of Maternal Tetanus Immunization on Children’s Educational Attainment in Matlab, Bangladesh: Follow-up of a randomized trial, Social Science Medicine, doi:10.1016/j.socscmed.2011.02.043
• Razzaque, A. Population growth of Bangladesh: Past, present and future, South Asian Journal of Population and Health, 2011.
• Razzaque A, L Nahar, MA Khanam, PK Streatfield.Socio-demographic differentials of adult health indicators in Matlab, Bangladesh: Self-rated health, health state, quality of life and disability level, Global Health Action, 2010.
• Razzaque A, L Nahar, HV Minh, N Ng, S Juvekar, A Ashraf, SM Ahmed, K Soonthornthada, U Kanungsukkasem, TH Bich. Social factors and overweight: evidence from nine Asian INDEPTH Network sites, Global Health Action, S(1): 54-59, 2009.
• Razzaque, A., G. A. Carmichael & Peter Kim Streatfield. ‘Adult mortality in Matlab: Levels, trends and determinants’, Asian Population Studies, 5(1): 85-100, 2009.
• Razzaque, A., L Nahar,AHMG Mustafa, KA Zunaid, MS Islam & M Yunus. Socio-demographic differentials of selected non communicable diseases risk factors among adults in Matlab, Bangladesh: findings from a WHO STEPS survey,Asia-Pacific Public Health Journal, 2011:23; DOI: 10.1177/1010539510392743.