Table 6 Changes in proximate determinants of fertility (1990–91 to 2017–18)
From: Pattern and trends of the total and age-specific fertility rates during 1990–2018 in Pakistan
Survey | Median Age at first Marriage Women 15–49 | Median Age at First Birth Women 15–49 | Median Breastfeeding Duration (months) | Median Birth interval (months) | Median Duration of Amenorrhoea (months) | Median Duration of Abstaining (months) | Median Duration of Insusceptible (months) | Current use of Contraceptive currently married Women 15–49 | Mean Ideal Number of Children women |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PDHS 1990–91 | 18.6 | 21.3 | 20 | 29.1 | 6.3 | 2.4 | 7.5 | 11.8% | 4.1 |
PDHS 2006–07 | 19.1 | 21.8 | 18.3 | 28.8 | 3.9 | 2.1 | 4.8 | 29.6% | 4.1 |
PDHS 2012–13 | 19.5 | 22.2 | 18.3 | 28 | 3.6 | 2 | 4.4 | 35.4% | 4.1 |
PDHS 2017–18 | 20.4 | 22.8 | 18 | 28.2 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 4 | 34.2% | 3.9 |