Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents of reproductive age (15-49 years) who gave birth during the last five years within each of the two waves of PDHS during 2006-2012

 Punjab

2,305

40.3

2,008

27.0

 Sindh

1,626

28.4

1,591

21.3

 Baluchistan

1,113

19.4

1,149

15.4

 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

680

11.9

1,532

20.5

 Gilgit Baltistan

-

-

709

9.5

 Islamabad

-

-

472

6.3

 Urban

1,998

34.9

3,278

43.9

 Rural

3,726

65.1

4,183

56.1

 15-24 years

1,377

24.1

1,710

22.9

 25-34 years

2,925

51.1

3,967

53.2

 35 years and above

1,422

24.8

1,784

23.9

 Uneducated

3,811

66.6

4,121

55.2

 Primary

789

13.8

1,065

14.3

 Secondary

763

13.3

1,373

18.4

 Higher

361

6.3

902

12.1

 Uneducated

2,088

36.6

2,293

30.8

 Primary

921

16.1

1,014

13.6

 Secondary

1,788

31.4

2,441

32.8

 Higher

906

15.9

1,689

22.7

 Unemployed

4,092

71.5

5,936

79.6

 Employed

1,628

28.5

1,524

20.4

 Unemployed

191

3.3

197

2.6

 Employed

5,531

96.6

7,262

97.4

 Less than 20 years

2,549

44.5

2,952

39.6

 20-29 years

2,985

52.1

4,243

56.9

 30 years and above

190

3.3

266

3.6

 1-2 children

2,024

35.4

2,828

37.9

 3-4 children

1,627

28.4

2,249

30.1

 5 children or more

2,073

36.2

2,384

32.0

 Richest

1,289

22.5

1,503

20.1

 Richer

1,235

21.6

1,423

19.1

 Middle

1,118

19.5

1,429

19.2

 Poorer

1,064

18.6

1,483

19.9

 Poorest

1,018

17.8

1,623

21.8

 Yes

-

-

5,204

70.0

 No

-

-

2,226

30.0

 Yes

-

-

3,221

43.7

 No

-

-

4,146

56.3

 Big Problem

-

-

3,237

43.5

 Not a big problem

-

-

4,209

56.5

 Big Problem

-

-

3,555

47.7

 Not a big problem

-

-

3,891

52.3