Rabia Arshed Usmani, Shaheena Manzoor.
Family planning services; role of socio-economic factors in utilization.
Professional Med J Jan ;13(4):587-90.

Objective: To identify the role of some socio-economic factors on the utilization of Family Planning services. Design: Cross-sectional, descriptive study. Place & Duration of Study: A defined urban community of District Lahore, - from February 2004 to May 2004. Materials & Methods: 375 reproductive age married women residing with their husband were interviewed with the help of a semi structured data collection instrument. Results: The study showed that contraceptive use was 45.6% amongst the illiterates; it rose to 61.3% for the respondents with education up to matric and 71.3% in those with education above matric. It was 43.2% in respondents belonging to families with income less than Rs.3000; and 68.6% with income level of Rs.6000+. It was also found that contraceptive use amongst working women was 82.8%, whereas 54.3% housewives were using contraception. Conclusion: The study was able to establish positive influence of some important socio-economic factors on the utilization of family planning services.

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