Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of child-bearing women aged 15–49 years (weighted percentages)
PDHS 1990–91 (n = 4029) | PDHS 2006–07 (n = 5721) | PDHS 2012–13 (n = 7461) | PDHS 2017–18 (n = 8287) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Mother’s age at birth (in years) | ||||||||
Less than 18 | 1631 | 40.5 | 1902 | 39.6 | 2025 | 27.2 | 2217 | 26.8 |
18–20 | 807 | 20.0 | 1224 | 25.5 | 1661 | 22.3 | 1801 | 21.7 |
21–24 | 1056 | 26.2 | 556 | 11.6 | 2394 | 32.1 | 2563 | 30.9 |
More than 24 | 535 | 13.3 | 1120 | 23.3 | 1367 | 18.4 | 1706 | 20.6 |
Mother’s education | ||||||||
No education | 3089 | 76.7 | 3811 | 66.6 | 4155 | 55.8 | 4178 | 50.4 |
Primary | 372 | 9.2 | 789 | 13.8 | 1230 | 16.5 | 1101 | 13.3 |
Middle | – | – | – | – | 587 | 7.9 | – | – |
Secondary | 503 | 12.5 | 763 | 13.3 | 792 | 10.6 | 1747 | 21.1 |
higher | 65 | 1.6 | 361 | 6.3 | 682 | 9.2 | 1261 | 15.2 |
Mother’s occupation | ||||||||
Not working | 3422 | 85.0 | 4092 | 71.5 | 5378 | 72.2 | 7183 | 86.7 |
Unskilled | 64 | 1.6 | 158 | 2.8 | 938 | 12.6 | 46 | .6 |
Skilled | 495 | 12.3 | 1364 | 23.8 | 990 | 13.3 | 806 | 9.7 |
Prof/tech/managerial | 45 | 1.1 | 106 | 1.9 | 140 | 1.9 | 249 | 3.0 |
Type of residence | ||||||||
Urban | 2011 | 49.9 | 1998 | 34.9 | 2244 | 30.1 | 3738 | 45.1 |
Rural | 2018 | 50.1 | 3726 | 65.1 | 5202 | 69.9 | 4549 | 54.9 |
Region | ||||||||
Punjab | 1355 | 33.6 | 2305 | 40.3 | 4180 | 56.1 | 1740 | 21.0 |
Sindh | 1066 | 26.5 | 1626 | 28.4 | 1714 | 23.0 | 1474 | 17.8 |
KPK | 1043 | 25.9 | 1113 | 19.4 | 1117 | 15.0 | 1386 | 16.7 |
Balochistan | 565 | 14.0 | 680 | 11.9 | 348 | 4.7 | 1005 | 12.1 |
Gilgit Baltistan | – | – | – | – | 56 | 0.7 | 614 | 7.4 |
Islamabad (CT) | – | – | – | – | 31 | 0.4 | 546 | 6.6 |
AJK | – | – | – | – | – | – | 870 | 10.5 |
FATA | – | – | – | – | – | – | 652 | 7.9 |
Wealth index | ||||||||
Poorest | – | – | 1289 | 22.5 | 1698 | 22.8 | 1827 | 22.0 |
Poorer | – | – | 1235 | 21.6 | 1544 | 20.7 | 1863 | 22.5 |
Middle | – | – | 1118 | 19.5 | 1464 | 19.7 | 1622 | 19.6 |
Richer | – | – | 1064 | 18.6 | 1469 | 19.4 | 1486 | 17.9 |
Richest | – | – | 1018 | 17.8 | 1272 | 17.1 | 1489 | 18.0 |