COMPARATIVE TRENDS IN FAMILY PLANNING: A KAP STUDY IN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA
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https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v12i04.7Abstract
Objectives: To compare the knowledge, attitude, and practice of family planning in urban and
rural areas of Peshawar.
Materials and Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted at Khyber teaching hospital Peshawar, duration of four months taking sample size as 300 (age between 15 and 45) by
non-probability convenient sampling technique. The Chi-square test was applied to fi nd out the
signifi cant diff erence between KAP of family planning in urban and rural areas.A p-value of equal
to or less than 0.05 was taken as signifi cant.
Results: The results showed that 87% participants had proper knowledge of contraception and
among those who had knowledge 42.6 % belonged to urban locality and 40.3 % to rural area.
As far as attitude is concerned, 85 % participants were in favour of family planning practices,
44.3% were living in urban and 41% in rural localities. While 63% of participants were practicing
some form of contraception or had practiced in the past out of which 33.3% subjects were living
in urban areas while 27% subjects were of rural areas. Comparing the KAP of family planning
on the basis of urban and rural areas there was no signifi cant association between Knowledge
and attitude of family planning (x2=0.737, df=1,p=0.258).As far as practice of family planning
is concerned there was a signifi cant association with the areas of living participants showing
contraception had been practiced more in urban areas (x2=5.028, df=1, p=0.025).
Conclusion: On the basis of research results we concluded that there is no signifi cant diff erence
in knowledge and attitude of family planning in urban and rural areas while there is signifi cant
diff erence in practice of family planning in urban and rural areas.
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