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YEAR: 1998

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

In Pakistan, contraceptive prevalence is increasing, but fertility remains

high.

AUTHORS

Moore M

SOURCE

International Family Planning Perspectives. 1998 Dec;24(4):203-4.

ABSTRACT

This paper presents the findings of the Pakistan Contraceptive Prevalence Survey conducted in 1994-95. Data on

marriage patterns, contraceptive knowledge and use, fertility and fertility preferences, and family planning services

were taken from a sample of 7922 married women aged 15-49. Overall, it is noted that contraceptive prevalence has

reached 18% in the country, an increase of 50% above the level of 12% recorded in 1991. In addition, the ideal family

size has been found to have fallen from 4.9 to 3.4 children over the last decade. However, the total fertility rate

recorded in the 1995 survey was 5.6 live births per woman. Women aged 35 or older had borne an average of 6.8

children, of whom 5.7 were living at the time of the survey. If such childbearing trends were to continue, it is

projected that Pakistani women will have an average of 5.6 births. Moreover, it is found that child mortality remains a

common experience in the country, in which 1 out of the average 6.7 children born to each woman aged 35 or older

will die. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 23-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "In Pakistan, contraceptive prevalence is increasing, but

fertility remains high.", is(are) Moore M. The source of this article is "International Family Planning Perspectives.

1998 Dec;24(4):203-4.". This article was published in 1998 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID:

CONT2T 23-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 5023

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