Barriers to Family Planning Service Use amongst the Urban Poor in Pakistan.

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 January 2003
Country:
Pakistan
Document Type:
Briefing
Theme:
Health
Authors:
University of Southampton

Abstract

This study focused specifically on the urban poor, collecting data from slum settlements in six cities of Pakistan. Data were collected in 2000 via a household-based questionnaire conducted with 5338 married women of reproductive age (15-45). The following barriers were identified: psychosocial, administrative, economic, cognitive and physical. Policy implications are briefly considered.

Citation

University of Southampton. Barriers to Family Planning Service Use amongst the Urban Poor in Pakistan. (2003) Opportunities and Choices Factsheet 31, 2 pp.

Barriers to Family Planning Service Use amongst the Urban Poor in Pakistan.

Published 1 January 2003
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