… of contraceptives (28%) among currently married women. Our actual need is to enhance
contraceptive practice … to investigate contraceptive knowledge and practice in Pakistani women …

… use in this study is 30.8% which is comparable to other Pakistani studies,7,15 but lesser
than the rate reported by Shirmeen et al from Karachi.Though it is more than double the rate …

… %, of Pakistani women know at least one method of contraception.The total … contraceptive
usage by majority of Pakistani women. Barrier method was the commonly used contraceptive …

… knowledge and practice of contraception between the … women who get healthcare subsidies
will have better knowledge about family planning and will report higher use of contraceptives…

… Conclusion: In the present study, there was a low contraceptive use among women of rural
origin despite good knowledge. Motivation of couples through media and health personnel …

… Pakistan stands at 25% among currently married woman out of the 55% of married women
that express the need to use contraceptives (the rural unmet need is 26.5% and women of the …

… contraceptive objects, using an emic perspective, among women in a low-income community
of Karachi, Pakistan.34 … We practice remedies by ourselves… for decreasing the heat of the …

… In tackling the question of why some Pakistani women practice contraception and others
do not, we begin with the Easterlin Synthesis Framework (Easterlin 1975; Hermalin 1983), in …

… In contrast to popular belief, most women in Pakistan do not rely on media for contraceptive
knowledge. This was shown by Mahmood and Ringheim. and is also supported by our study …

… ) that the better educated women are more likely to practice contraception.However, in our
… level of women education and practice of contraceptive method. The low status of women is …