FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES

ROLE OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS IN UTILIZATION

Abstract

Objective: To identify the role of some socio-economic factors on the utilization of Family Planning
services. Design: Cross-sectional, descriptive study. Place & Duration of Study: A defined urban community of
District Lahore, - from February 2004 to May 2004. Materials & Methods: 375 reproductive age married women
residing with their husband were interviewed with the help of a semi structured data collection instrument. Results:
The study showed that contraceptive use was 45.6% amongst the illiterates; it rose to 61.3% for the respondents with
education up to matric and 71.3% in those with education above matric. It was 43.2% in respondents belonging to
families with income less than Rs.3000; and 68.6% with income level of Rs.6000+. It was also found that contraceptive
use amongst working women was 82.8%, whereas 54.3% housewives were using contraception. Conclusion: The
study was able to establish positive influence of some important socio-economic factors on the utilization of family
planning services.