Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents of reproductive age (15-49 years) who gave birth during the last five years within each of the two waves of PDHS during 2006-2012
| Characteristics | PDHS (2006/07) | PDHS (2012/13) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n=5,724 | n=7,461 | |||
| n | % | n | % | |
| Regions/Provinces | ||||
| Punjab | 2,305 | 40.3 | 2,008 | 27.0 |
| Sindh | 1,626 | 28.4 | 1,591 | 21.3 |
| Baluchistan | 1,113 | 19.4 | 1,149 | 15.4 |
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 680 | 11.9 | 1,532 | 20.5 |
| Gilgit Baltistan | - | - | 709 | 9.5 |
| Islamabad | - | - | 472 | 6.3 |
| Geographical classification | ||||
| Urban | 1,998 | 34.9 | 3,278 | 43.9 |
| Rural | 3,726 | 65.1 | 4,183 | 56.1 |
| Respondents age | ||||
| 15-24 years | 1,377 | 24.1 | 1,710 | 22.9 |
| 25-34 years | 2,925 | 51.1 | 3,967 | 53.2 |
| 35 years and above | 1,422 | 24.8 | 1,784 | 23.9 |
| Respondents educational status | ||||
| Uneducated | 3,811 | 66.6 | 4,121 | 55.2 |
| Primary | 789 | 13.8 | 1,065 | 14.3 |
| Secondary | 763 | 13.3 | 1,373 | 18.4 |
| Higher | 361 | 6.3 | 902 | 12.1 |
| Husbands educational status | ||||
| Uneducated | 2,088 | 36.6 | 2,293 | 30.8 |
| Primary | 921 | 16.1 | 1,014 | 13.6 |
| Secondary | 1,788 | 31.4 | 2,441 | 32.8 |
| Higher | 906 | 15.9 | 1,689 | 22.7 |
| Respondents employment status | ||||
| Unemployed | 4,092 | 71.5 | 5,936 | 79.6 |
| Employed | 1,628 | 28.5 | 1,524 | 20.4 |
| Husbands employment status | ||||
| Unemployed | 191 | 3.3 | 197 | 2.6 |
| Employed | 5,531 | 96.6 | 7,262 | 97.4 |
| Respondents age at first birth | ||||
| Less than 20 years | 2,549 | 44.5 | 2,952 | 39.6 |
| 20-29 years | 2,985 | 52.1 | 4,243 | 56.9 |
| 30 years and above | 190 | 3.3 | 266 | 3.6 |
| Parity/Number of children | ||||
| 1-2 children | 2,024 | 35.4 | 2,828 | 37.9 |
| 3-4 children | 1,627 | 28.4 | 2,249 | 30.1 |
| 5 children or more | 2,073 | 36.2 | 2,384 | 32.0 |
| Wealth quintile | ||||
| Richest | 1,289 | 22.5 | 1,503 | 20.1 |
| Richer | 1,235 | 21.6 | 1,423 | 19.1 |
| Middle | 1,118 | 19.5 | 1,429 | 19.2 |
| Poorer | 1,064 | 18.6 | 1,483 | 19.9 |
| Poorest | 1,018 | 17.8 | 1,623 | 21.8 |
| Exposure to mass mediaa | ||||
| Yes | - | - | 5,204 | 70.0 |
| No | - | - | 2,226 | 30.0 |
| Respondents autonomy in healthcare decision-making | ||||
| Yes | - | - | 3,221 | 43.7 |
| No | - | - | 4,146 | 56.3 |
| Distance to health facility for medical care | ||||
| Big Problem | - | - | 3,237 | 43.5 |
| Not a big problem | - | - | 4,209 | 56.5 |
| Transport arrangement for medical care | ||||
| Big Problem | - | - | 3,555 | 47.7 |
| Not a big problem | - | - | 3,891 | 52.3 |
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