Numerous studies documented that improvement in women financial power improve their assertive position in
family and few explored its effect on contraceptive behaviour. Rare efforts have been made to find the effect of
women control on household expenditures on their fertility and contraceptive behaviour. Besides exploring this
new dimension of fertility, the current study move a step forward and attempted to identify the minimum level of
women control on monthly household expenditure required to influence their fertility and contraceptive behaviour.
A random sample of 1051 married women was studied through cross-sectional survey. The study concluded that
woman’s control on household monthly expenditures was directly associated with the contraceptive use and
inversely with family size. It further identified that women minimum financial control on monthly household
expenditures worth more than Rs.3000 per month proved effective to promote contraceptive use and in reducing
family size.
Saif-ur-Rehman Saif Abbasi, Muhammad Iqbal Zafar, Muhammad Aslam, Zahira Batool. (2008) Effect Of Female Financial Empowerment On Contraceptive And Fertility Behaviour: Woman Control On Household Expenditure, , Volume-45, Issue-3.
