Table 2 Frequency and weighted percentages of demand- and supply-side factors of the women who currently use and do not use contraceptive methods in Pakistan
Current use of contraceptives | Current non-use of contraceptives | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1990–1991 (n = 528) | 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 = 5438) | |
f (%) | f (%) | f (%) | f (%) | f (%) | f (%) | f (%) | f (%) | |
Demand-side factors | ||||||||
Media exposure | ||||||||
No | – | – | 511 (18.6) | 728 (26.2) | – | – | 1715 (36.6) | 2449 (45.1) |
Yes | – | – | 2238 (81.4) | 2053 (73.8) | – | – | 2966 (63.4) | 2982 (54.9) |
Desire for more children | ||||||||
No | 392 (75.4) | 1010 (64.2) | 1732 (62.9) | 1626 (58.6) | 1218 (35.4) | 1757 (42.6) | 2150 (46.6) | 1557 (29.2) |
Yes | 128 (24.6) | 563 (35.8) | 1022 (37.1) | 1148 (41.4) | 2225 (64.6) | 2364 (57.4) | 2460 (53.4) | 3775 (70.8) |
Intimate partner violence | ||||||||
No | – | – | 489 (59.9) | 581 (71.5) | – | – | 722 (59.0) | 1011 (70.6) |
Yes | – | – | 327 (40.1) | 232 (28.5) | – | – | 501 (41.0) | 420 (29.4) |
Decisional autonomy | ||||||||
No | – | – | 487 (25.1) | 1243 (66.5) | – | – | 1270 (41.6) | 3166 (71.8) |
Yes | – | – | 1450 (74.9) | 820 (33.5) | – | – | 1780 (58.4) | 1631 (28.2) |
Permission to go for medical or health facility | ||||||||
Big problem | – | – | 410 (14.9) | 564 (20.3) | – | – | 1442 (30.8) | 1656 (30.5) |
Not a big problem | – | – | 2347 (85.1) | 2217 (79.7) | – | – | 3247 (69.2) | 3776 (69.5) |
Getting medical help for self: not wanting to go alone | ||||||||
Big problem | – | – | 1298 (47.1) | 1617 (58.1) | – | – | 3061 (65.3) | 3800 (70.0) |
Not a big problem | – | 1459 (52.9) | 1164 (41.9) | 3061 (65.3) | 3061 (65.3) | 1628 (34.7) | 1632 (30.0) | |
Having sons | ||||||||
No | 53 (10.2) | 167 (10.6) | 363 (13.1) | 340 (12.2) | 622 (17.8) | 823 (20.1) | 993 (21.1) | 1257 (23.1) |
1–3 | 366 (70.2) | 1145 (72.7) | 2078 (75.2) | 2174 (78.1) | 2359 (67.4) | 2779 (67.3) | 3219 (68.5) | 3731 (68.6) |
4–6 | 85 (18.2) | 249 (15.8) | 311 (11.3) | 263 (9.5) | 488 (13.9) | 495 (12.0) | 451 (9.6) | 424 (7.8) |
7–10 | 7 (1.3) | 13 (0.8) | 12 (0.4) | 6 (0.2) | 32 (0.9) | 26 (0.6) | 34 (0.7) | 24 (0.4) |
Supply-side factors | ||||||||
Distance to health facility | ||||||||
Not a big problem | – | – | 2381 (50.8) | 3008 (55.4) | – | – | 856 (31.0) | 3008 (55.4) |
Big problem | – | – | 2308 (49.2) | 2423 (44.6) | – | – | 1901(69.0) | 2423 (44.6) |
Transport availability | ||||||||
Not a big problem | – | – | 2621 (55.9) | – | – | – | 934 (33.9) | – |
Big problem | – | – | 2067 (44.1) | – | – | – | 1823 (66.1) | – |
Visited by family planning worker in past 12 months | ||||||||
No | – | – | 1526 (53.0) | 1112 (40.0) | – | – | 860 (44.1) | 2826 (52.0) |
Yes | – | – | 1353 (47.0) | 1671 (60.0) | – | – | 1089 (55.9) | 2609 (48.0) |
Unmet need | ||||||||
No | – | 1574 (100.0) | – | 0 (0.0) | – | 2915 (48.2) | – | 2906 (55.7) |
Yes | – | 0 (0.0) | – | 2777 (100.0) | – | 2059 (51.8) | – | 2310 (44.3) |