Determinants of Lack of Family Planning in Grand Multiparous Women: Lack of Family Planning in Grand Multiparous Women

Sofia  Noor; Muhammad Saleem  Rana; Asif  Hanif; Akash  John; Aasia  Noor; Amina  Noor; Sana  Zahid; Taimoor  Hassan; Tallat Anwar  Faridi; Neelam  Iqbal

doi:10.52229/pbmj.v4i1.75

Authors

Sofia Noor University Institute of Public Health, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
Muhammad Saleem Rana University Institute of Public Health, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
Asif Hanif University Institute of Public Health, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
Akash John University Institute of Radiological and Medical Imaging Sciences, The University of Lahore, Gujrat, Pakistan
Aasia Noor Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
Amina Noor University Institute of Public Health, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
Sana Zahid University Institute of Public Health, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
Taimoor Hassan Department of Professional Health Technologies, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
Tallat Anwar Faridi University Institute of Public Health, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
Neelam Iqbal Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Lahore, Lahore

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52229/pbmj.v4i1.75

Abstract

Multiparity is a matter of great concern regarding the health of women as well as child. At the same time it has different determinants and socioeconomic backgrounds.Objective: To determine the determinants of lack of family planning in grand multiparous women.Methods: It is a descriptive cross sectional study including 271 GMP patients from DHQ Hospital Okara city. Mean age was 35 ± 10 years. Data was collected with the help of questionnaire and evaluated and analyzed using SPSS version 24. Mean and standard deviation was calculated for quantitative data and frequency and percentages for qualitative data. To measure the determinants of lack of family planning, chi square test was used. P values less than and equal to 0.05 were taken as significant.Results:Most of women belong to rural area 172(63.47%) and areMuslims 259(95.5%). Most of the families lie under upper lower 149 (54.8%) and lower middle group of income 71(26.1%). The reason of last pregnancy was desire for baby boy 66(24.4%), then husband’s wish 45(16.6%)and so on.There is a good association of socioeconomic status and residence of head of family as p < 0.05, (Results are 325.272^a, df = 10, p=0 .000). There is an association of Gravida and socioeconomic status of head of family as p<0.05. (27.294, df= 20, p=.05). There is a good association between reasons of last pregnancy and gravida as p<0.05, (41.920, df = 24, p=0 .001).Conclusions:The grand multiparty is still very common in Okara Pakistan district, considering the easy availability of modern contraceptive methods but very few women are aware of it. The most popular explanation given for present pregnancy by grand multiparous women was an urge for baby boy followed by husband wish. Most of women are Muslims. Rural Women are more socio-economically down and they have grandermultiparty.

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