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- Title
Impact of Education on the Utilization of Antenatal and Postnatal Services in Punjab, Pakistan.
- Authors
Akhtar, Noreen; Akhtar, Saira; Iqbal Zafar, Muhammad; Ali, Tanvir
- Abstract
In this study an effort is made to find out the impact of education on the utilization of maternal health care services in Punjab, Pakistan. This study was carried out in three districts namely Faisalabad, Multan and Rawalpindi. A sample of 600 mothers aged from 18-49 years having their last baby more than 6 months and less than five years old was selected through purposive sampling technique. A well-structured and pretested interview schedule was used to collect information from the respondents. 32.7 percent of the respondents reported to be illiterate and 18.3 percent of the respondents reported that their husbands were illiterate. At bi-variate level there proved a positive and significant association between the education of respondent and utilization of antenatal and postnatal services. Also there was positive and significant association between the education level of husband with the utilization of antenatal and postnatal services. The findings of the current study highlighted the importance of education for both the husband and wife for the utilization of antenatal and postnatal services. Improvement in education level leads to the improvement of health status of women.
- Subjects
PUNJAB (Pakistan); MATERNAL health services; POSTNATAL care; PRENATAL care; SPOUSES' legal relationship
- Publication
Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences (PJSS), 2014, Vol 34, Issue 2, p589
- ISSN
2074-2061
- Publication type
Article