Research Article

Impact of Sociocultural Factors on Contraceptive Use: A Case Study of Pakistan

Table 1

Variable description.

Variable IDVariable nameVariable description

V020EMS0-never married 1-ever married sample
V213Pregnant0-not pregnant 1-pregnant sample
V012Res_AgeRespondents’ age at the time of interview 15 : 49
V024ProvinceProvince: 1-Punjab, 2-Sindh, 3-KPK, 4-Balochistan, 5-GB, 6-ICT, 7-AJK, 8-FATA
V025Residence_newDummy variable: 0-rural, 1-urban
V701EduHighest educational: 0-no education, 1-primary, 2-secondary, 3-higher
v191WIDummy variable: 1-lower CF, 2-middle CF, 3-high CF
V218Num_childsTotal children ever born: 1–do not have, 2-among 1 to 3, 3-among 4 to 6, 4-more than 6. v312 contraceptive_method
Current contraceptive method
0-not using, 1-pill, 2-IUD, 3-injections, 4-diaphragm, 5-male condom, 6-female sterilization, 7-male sterilization, 8-periodic abstinence, 9-withdrawal, 10-other traditional, 11-implants, norplant
12-prolonged abstinence, 13-lactational amenorrhea (LAM)
14-female condom, 15-foam or jelly, 16-emergency contraception, 17-other modern method, 18-standard days method (SDM), 19-specific method 1, 20-specific method 2, (m) 99-missing Cont_Contraceptive usage
Dummy variable: 1-yes, 0-otherwise
Cont_Sterilization
Dummy variable: 1-yes, 0-otherwise Cont_Modern methods
Dummy variable: 1-yes, 0-other Cont_Traditional (natural)
Dummy variable: 1-yes, 0-otherwise
V717Prof_res“No using” as base category
Respondent s occupation (grouped) 0-not working, 1-professional, technical, managerial, 2-clerical, 3-sales, 4-agricultural-elf employed, 5-agricultural-employee, 6-household and domestic, 7-services, 8-skilled manual, 9-unskilled manual, 98-do not know (m) 99-missing
Prof_techDummy variable: 1-Professional, technical, managerial, or clerical, 0-otherwise
Prof_AgrDummy variable: 1-agricultural-self employed, 0-otherwise
Prof_OtherDummy corresponding to remaining categories taking “not working as base”
V045BLanguagelang_interview: 1-English, 2-Urdu, 3-Sindhi, 4-Punjabi, 5-Sariaki, 6-Baluchi, 7-Pushto, 8-otherwise