Abstract
Education is the basic source to empower women in all spheres of life. Among the various socio-cultural factors, family restriction on women to access and getting formal education and preference to religious education within the family is contributing to poor maternal health care access and utilization in the study area. The major objective of the study was to analyze the association between education and maternal health condition among evermarried women. In the present study researchers used the quantitative research design and household data were collected through interview schedule from (n=503) ever-married women having reproductive age (15-49 years). The data was analyzed through SPSS and binary logistic regression is applied to draw the association between illiteracy and poor maternal health care. The statistical results show the majority ever-married women are illiterate (53.0%). The OR is 14.85 times higher among illiterate ever-married women toward inappropriate maternal health care as compare to literate women with C.I (9.504-23.228) PValue 0.001. In order to achieve Sustainable Development Goal No. 3, 4 &5 the study recommends women should be provided equal educational opportunities, empowering women in the decision making and gender equality in all social services to them.

Dr. Hussain Ali, Dr. Syed Rashid Ali, Dr. Khalid Iqbal. (2018) Illiteracy: The Cause of Poor Maternal Health among Ever-Married Women in Malakand, Pakistan, Sir Syed Journal of Education & Social Research (SJESR), Volume-01, Issue-2.
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