Abdul Rahman, Tahira Arshad, Habib Akhtar, Mansoor Ali, Irshad Soomro.
Unmet need of Family Planning among Married Women.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;7(1):90-2.

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of unmet need of family planning among married women and to enumerate the reasons of unmet need among married women. Study design: Descriptive Cross Sectional. Place and duration of study: Sakrand Town, Sindh. April 1st to June 30th 2011. Methods: This was a cross sectional study conducted on 97 married women at Sakrand Town, Sindh. Results: It was found that married women in town Sakrand had unmet need for contraception higher i.e. 42.26%. Conclusions: The study found married women of town Sakrand were facing different barriers in the taking up of contraception. Mostly the barriers were at community level e.g. lack of education and awareness, excessive work, family pressure. Religious barriers were the most common among all.

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