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IS LOW INCOME A CONSTRAINT TO CONTRACEPTIVE USE AMONG THE PAKISTANI POOR?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2000

SOHAIL AGHA
SOHAIL AGHA
Affiliation:
Research Division, Population Services International, 1120 Nineteenth Street NW, Suite 600, Washington DC 20036, USA
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Abstract

This paper examines whether low income is a barrier to contraceptive use in Pakistan, a country in which economic conditions are deteriorating at a time when the private sector is becoming a more important supplier of contraception. Multivariate regression analysis performed using the Pakistan Contraceptive Demand Survey suggests that low income is a deterrent to modern contraceptive use in Pakistan. This is particularly the case for contraceptive methods supplied through the private sector. It is concluded that, if the aim of family planning programmes is to reach low-income people, the prices of contraceptives supplied through the private sector should be kept as low as possible.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 32 , Issue 2 , April 2000 , pp. 161 - 175
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© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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