In Pakistan, over 20,000 women die each year due to complications of pregnancy and childbirth and most can be
attributed to delays in accessing RH facilities. Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics are important
predictors of practice of RHR and of the type of RH-Methods practiced. Women with more schooling may be more
comfortable interacting with medical personnel and may have better access to sources of modern birth control
than women who have little education. The present study was designed to know the socio-demographic
characteristics of the respondents and to find out the relationship between respondent’s socio-demographic
factors and their attitude towards reproductive health rights. Multistage random sampling technique was used to
select the women of age 15 – 49 years having at least one child. A sample of 700 married women was
interviewed by a well designed interviewing schedule from three districts of Punjab. Uni-variate and bi-variate
analysis demonstrate that there was a strong and positive association between socio-demographic characteristics
of the respondents and the practice of RHR. Similarly, the value of Chi-Square, Somers’d, and Gamma showed a
significant and positive association between the women’s socio-economic status and practice of RHR. The study
proposed that women should be empowered by motivating and providing them employment opportunities.
Asghar Kanwal, Ashfaq Ahmad Maann, Naimatullah Hashmi, M. Iqbal Zafar, Tanvir Ali, Samina Kausar. (2009) Socio-demographic Determinants Of Married Women’s Attitude Towards Reproductive Health Rights In Punjab, Pakistan , , Volume-46, Issue-1.
