Verificaiton of Family Planning Knowledge among Married Women of Reproductive Ages in Pakistan

The study showed nearly two-thirds drop when awareness of family planning methods is extended to respondents’ knowledge of its usage, effectiveness, source of supply and side-effects. However, this drop could have been much higher as the selected sample is skewed towards literate respondents due to the study design. Due to limitedness of the study, only one respondent was interviewed from surveyed households and in cases where there were more than one eligible respondent, the youngest was selected, who was more than often better education than her older family members. This has culminated in increasing the overall literacy around 50.0% and educational attainment of nearly nine years. Another important factor to consider is that district Dera Ghazi Khan has been the focus of two major USAID funded initiatives aimed at improving family planning status which must have positive impact on district’s indicators.