Gc..sL.:·F A L A H ~. ,.. 1ft...,. Baseline Household Multan District May~010 ~ J Population Council Ii'USAID ( f-? LA -: ~ FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FAMILY ADVANCEMENT FOR UFE l HEALlII Family Advancement for Life and Health (FALAH) Multan Baseline Household Survey May 2010 Dr. Yasir Bin Nisar Irfan Masood • J Papulation CouncU 4J Population CoumU The Population Council, an international, non-profit, non-governmental organization established in 1952, seeks to improve the well-being and reproductive health of current and future generations around the world and to help achieve a humane, equitable, and sustainable balance between people and resources. 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The contents are the responsibility of the Population Council, Islamabad and do not necessarilY reflect the views ofUSAlD or the United States Government N ii Table of Contents Acknowledgements ....................................................................................................................... xi Glossary of Terms ..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•.....................................xiii Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................... xv Chapter 1 .•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•................................................ 1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 1 Background ................................................................................................................................. 1 The FALAH Project .................................................................................................................. 1 Multan District ........................................................................................................................ 2 The Multan Baseline Household Survey ..................................................................................... 3 Objectives •..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•.............................. 4 Methodology .•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•........................... 4 Urban Sample •..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•........................... 4 Chapter 2 ...................................................................................................................................... 9 Household Characteristics .............................................................................................................. 9 Geographic Distribution ............................................................................................................. 9 Age-Sex Distribution ................................................................................................................. 10 Mari~I~~us ........................................................................................................................... U Household Characteristics and Wealth Indicators ................................................................... 13 Physical Characteristics of Households •..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•. 14 Ownership of Household Assets .•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•. 16 Standard of Living Index ..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•.......... 18 Chapter 3 .•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•........................................ 19 Respondent Characteristics ..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•................... 19 Age ............................................................................................................................................ 19 Education and Literacy ............................................................................................................. 20 Occupation and Work Status .................................................................................................... 21 Female Mobility ........................................................................................................................ 23 Mass Media Access and Exposure to Family Planning Messages •..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•. 23 Chapter 4 .•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•........................................... 25 Service Availability .•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•............................... 25 Multan District Data ..................................................................................................................... 25 Reproductive Health Facilities •..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•....... 26 Family Planning Facilities: .•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•................... 26 Maternal Health Facilities: ....................................................................................................... 28 Service Providers: ..................................................................................................................... 28 Chapter 5 .................................................................................................................................... 43 Fertility .................................................................................................................................... 43 Cumulative Fertility .................................................................................................................. 43 Children Ever Born and Living .............................................................................................. 43 Differentials in Children Ever Born and Surviving ................................................................ 45 Current Fertility ........................................................................................................................ 48 Crude Birth Rate ................................................................................................................... 48 Age-specific Fertility Rates and Total Fertility Rate ............................................................. 48 Mothers with Children Under Five Years ................................................................................. 49 Preceding Birth Interval ........................................................................................................ 49 Chapter 6 .................................................................................................................................... 53 Preference for Children ................................................................................................................ 53 Ideal Number of Children ......................................................................................................... 53 Desire for More Children .......................................................................................................... 54 Levels of Desire for More Children ....................................................................................... 54 Socioeconomic Correlates of Desire for Children ................................................................ 56 Son Preference ......................................................................................................................... 57 Strength of Preference ............................................................................................................. 57 Attitude towards Last Pregnancy ............................................................................................. 59 Women's Perception of Fertility Preferences of Husbands ..................................................... 60 Chapter 7 ...................................................................................................................................
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