Table 1 Socio-demographic indicators of the current use and non-use of contraceptive among women in reproductive age in Pakistan (all PDHS, n = 25,415, weighted n = 25,318)
Current use of contraceptives | Current non–use of contraceptives | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1990–1991 (n = 521) | 2006–2007 (n = 1574) | 2012–2013 (n = 2674) | 2017–2018 (n = 2783) | 1990–1991 (n = 3501) | 2006–2007 (n = 4132) | 2012–2013 (n = 4697) | 2017–2018 (n = 5436) | |
f (%) | f (%) | f (%) | f (%) | f (%) | f (%) | f (%) | f (%) | |
Age (in years) | ||||||||
15–25 | 128 (24.6) | 331 (21) | 651 (23.6) | 583 (20.9) | 1300 (37.1) | 1448 (35.0) | 1585 (33.7) | 1848 (34) |
26–34 | 282 (54.1) | 887 (56.4) | 1543 (55.8) | 1623 (58.3) | 1611 (46.0) | 1931 (46.7) | 2309 (49.2) | 2677 (49.2) |
36–49 | 111 (21.3) | 356 (22.6) | 570 (20.6) | 577 (20.7) | 590 (16.9) | 753 (18.2) | 803 (17.1) | 911 (16.8) |
Type of residence | ||||||||
Rural | 113 (21.7) | 779 (50.5) | 1507 (54.5) | 1490 (53.5) | 1903 (54.4) | 2921 (70.7) | 1771 (33.7) | 2216 (40.8) |
Urban | 408 (78.3) | 795 (49.5) | 1257 (45.5) | 1293 (46.5) | 1598 (45.6) | 1211 (29.3) | 2926 (62.3) | 3220 (59.2) |
Region | ||||||||
Punjab | 219 (42) | 775 (49.2) | 905 (32.7) | 696 (25.0) | 1133 (32.4) | 1519 (36.8) | 1103 (23.5) | 1030 (18.9) |
Sindh | 169 (32.4) | 371 (23.6) | 504 (18.2) | 457 (16.4) | 896 (25.6) | 1250 (30.3) | 1087 (23.1) | 984 (18.1) |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 107 (20.5) | 322 (20.5) | 518 (18.7) | 516 (18.5) | 936 (26.7) | 791 (19.1) | 1014 (21.6) | 866 (15.9) |
Balochistan | 26 (5) | 106 (6.7) | 270 (9.8) | 182 (6.5) | 538 (25.3) | 572 (13.8) | 879 (18.7) | 820 (15.1) |
Gilgit Baltistan | – | – | 264 (9.6) | 246 (8.8) | – | – | 445 (9.5) | 368 (6.8) |
Islamabad (ICT) | – | – | 303 (11.0) | 256 (9.2) | – | – | 169 (3.6) | 285 (5.2) |
AJK | – | – | – | 272 (9.8) | – | – | – | 590 (10.9) |
Federally Administered Tribal Areas | – | – | – | 158 (5.7) | – | – | – | 493 (9.1) |
Wealth index | ||||||||
Poor | – | 376 (23.9) | 758 (27.4) | 835 (30.0) | – | 2141 (51.8) | 2348 (50) | 2817 (51.8) |
Middle | – | 329 (20.9) | 515 (18.6) | 619 (22.2) | – | 788 (19.1) | 914 (19.5) | 990 (18.2) |
Rich | – | 869 (55.2) | 1491 (53.9) | 1329 (47.8) | – | 1203 (29.1) | 1435 (30.6) | 1629 (30.0) |
Mother’s education | ||||||||
No education | 236 (45.3) | 826 (52.2) | 1148 (41.5) | 1033 (37.1) | 2851 (81.4) | 2972 (71.9) | 2973 (63.3) | 3101 (57.0) |
Primary | 72 (13.8) | 270 (17.2) | 455 (16.5) | 420 (15.1) | 299 (8.5) | 518 (12.5) | 610 (13) | 673 (12.4) |
Secondary | 181 (34.7) | 300 (19.1) | 648 (23.4) | 739 (26.6) | 318 (9.1) | 459 (11.1) | 725 (15.4) | 1000 (18.4) |
Higher | 32 (6.1) | 178 (11.3) | 513 (18.6) | 591 (21.2) | 33 (0.9) | 183 (4.4) | 389 (8.3) | 662 (12.2) |
Respondent’s occupation | ||||||||
Not working | 450 (86.4) | 1166 (75.6) | 2213 (80.1) | 2372 (85.3) | 2965 (84.8) | 2915 (72.1) | 3723 (79.3) | 4753 (87.5) |
Skilled | 10 (1.9) | 180 (11.7) | 234 (8.5) | 94 (3.4) | 215 (6.1) | 521 (12.9) | 559 (11.9) | 216 (4.0) |
Unskilled | 41 (7.9) | 127 (8.2) | 40 (1.4) | 191 (6.9) | 281 (8.0) | 530 (13.1) | 76 (1.6) | 341 (6.3) |
Professional | 20 (3.8) | 69 (4.5) | 277 (10.0) | 124 (4.5) | 37 (1.1) | 79 (2.0) | 338 (7.2) | 125 (2.3) |
Ethnicity | ||||||||
Punjabi | – | 568 (37.2) | 738 (26.7) | – | – | 1023 (25.7) | 818 (17.4) | – |
Sindhi | – | 140 (9.2) | 181 (6.6) | – | – | 679 (17.0) | 561 (11.9) | – |
Pashto | – | 342 (22.4) | 583 (21.1) | – | – | 930 (23.3) | 1116 (23.8) | – |
Balochi | – | 40 (6.2) | 81 (2.9) | – | – | 274 (6.9) | 269 (5.7) | – |
Others | – | 437 (28.6) | 1179 (42.7) | – | – | 1080 (27.1) | 1931 (41.1) | – |