%0 Journal Article
%T FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES
%A RABIA ARSHED USMANI
%J The Professional Medical Journal
%D 2006
%I 
%X Objective: To identify the role of some socio-economic factors on the utilization of Family Planningservices. Design: Cross-sectional, descriptive study. Place & Duration of Study: A defined urban community ofDistrict Lahore, - from February 2004 to May 2004. Materials & Methods: 375 reproductive age married womenresiding with their husband were interviewed with the help of a semi structured data collection instrument. Results:The study showed that contraceptive use was 45.6% amongst the illiterates; it rose to 61.3% for the respondents witheducation up to matric and 71.3% in those with education above matric. It was 43.2% in respondents belonging tofamilies with income less than Rs.3000; and 68.6% with income level of Rs.6000+. It was also found that contraceptiveuse amongst working women was 82.8%, whereas 54.3% housewives were using contraception. Conclusion: Thestudy was able to establish positive influence of some important socio-economic factors on the utilization of familyplanning services.
%K family planning services
%K socio-economic factors
%U http://www.theprofesional.com/v13n4/prof-1095.pdf