Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics of women with respect to contraception usage from 1990-2018.
| Socio-demographic characteristics | Total women
N = 40259 (%) |
Using contraception
n = 12078 (%) |
Not using contraception
n = 28181 (%) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | ||||
| 15-19 | 1084(3.5) | 172(1.8) | 912(4.2) | <0.001 |
| 20-24 | 5941(19.1) | 1462(15.3) | 4479(20.8) | |
| 25-29 | 9172(29.4) | 2844(29.7) | 6328(29.3) | |
| 30-34 | 7294(23.4) | 2647(27.6) | 4647(21.5) | |
| 35-39 | 4666(15.0) | 1652(17.2) | 3014(14.0) | |
| 40-44 | 1988(6.4) | 600(6.3) | 1388(6.4) | |
| 45-49 | 1000(3.2) | 201(2.1) | 799(3.7) | |
| Place of residence | ||||
| Urban | 17057(42.6) | 6424(53.2) | 10633(38.0) | <0.001 |
| Rural | 23019(57.4) | 5652(46.8) | 17367(62.0) | |
| Regions | ||||
| Punjab | 11941(29.8) | 4249(35.2) | 2692(27.5) | <0.001 |
| Sindh | 9130(22.8) | 2363(19.6) | 6767(24.2) | |
| KPK | 7779(19.4) | 2276(18.8) | 5503(19.7) | |
| Baluchistan | 5358(13.4) | 907(7.5) | 4451(15.9) | |
| GB | 2008(5.0) | 737(6.1) | 1271(4.5) | |
| ICT | 1519(3.8) | 851(7.0) | 668(2.4) | |
| AJK | 1320(3.3) | 445(3.7) | 875(3.1) | |
| FATA | 1021(2.5) | 248(2.1) | 773(2.8) | |
| Wealth index * | ||||
| Poorest | 7801(23.2) | 1323(11.8) | 6478(28.9) | <0.001 |
| Poorer | 7249(21.5) | 1908(17.0) | 5341(23.8) | |
| Middle | 6632(19.7) | 2355(21.0) | 4277(19.1) | |
| Richer | 6079(18.1) | 2646(23.6) | 3433(15.3) | |
| Richest | 5887(17.5) | 2987(26.6) | 2900(12.9) | |
| Education | ||||
| No education | 24338(60.7) | 5378(44.5) | 18960(67.7) | <0.001 |
| Primary | 5288(13.2) | 1921(15.9) | 3367(12.0) | |
| Secondary | 6718(16.8) | 2824(23.4) | 3894(13.9) | |
| Higher | 3732(9.3) | 1953(16.2) | 1779(6.4) | |
| Partner's education | ||||
| No education | 13389(33.6) | 2909(24.2) | 10480(37.8) | <0.001 |
| Primary | 6039(15.2) | 1700(14.1) | 4339(15.6) | |
| Secondary | 13227(33.2) | 4340(36.1) | 8887(32.0) | |
| Higher | 7136(17.9) | 3081(25.6) | 4055(14.6) | |
| Partner's occupation | ||||
| Not working | 1197(3.0) | 334(2.8) | 863(3.1) | <0.001 |
| Professional | 4520(11.4) | 1783(14.8) | 2737(9.9) | |
| Skilled | 24416(61.6) | 7268(60.5) | 17148(62.1) | |
| Unskilled | 9506(24.0) | 2628(21.9) | 6878(24.9) | |
| Occupation | ||||
| Not working | 32384(80.8) | 9859(81.7) | 22525(80.5) | 0.004 |
| Working | 7677(19.2) | 2209(18.3) | 5468(19.5) | |
| Heard family planning on Radio | ||||
| Yes | 3047(7.6) | 893(7.4) | 2154(7.7) | 0.307 |
| No | 36992(92.4) | 11168(92.6) | 25824(92.3) | |
| Heard family planning on Television | ||||
| Yes | 8494(25.3) | 3701(33.0) | 4793(21.4) | <0.001 |
| No | 25127(74.7) | 7505(67.0) | 17622(78.6) | |
| Heard family planning on Newspaper ** | ||||
| Yes | 895(3.1) | 467(5.4) | 428(2.7) | <0.001 |
| No | 23549(96.3) | 8201(94.6) | 15348(97.3) | |
| Year of data collection | ||||
| 1990-91 | 6611(16.4) | 859(7.1) | 5752(20.4) | <0.001 |
| 2007-08 | 9177(22.8) | 2538(21.0) | 6639(23.6) | |
| 2012-13 | 11763(29.2) | 4287(35.5) | 7476(26.5) | |
| 2017-18 | 12708(31.6) | 4394(36.4) | 8314(29.5) | |
*
Data not available for the year 1990-91.
**
Data not available for 1990-91 and 2007-08.
Acronyms: AJK: Azad Jammu Kashmir; FATA: Federally administered Tribal Areas; GB: Gilgit Baltistan; ICT: Islamabad Capital Territory; KPK: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.