FERTILITY DIFFERENTIALS AMONG EDUCATED AND UNEDUCATED FEMALES IN RURAL AREA OF GUJRAT, PAKISTAN

Abstract

The study was conducted to know the fertility differentials among educated and uneducated females in rural area of Gujrat, Pakistan. The target population of the study was married females from rural areas of Gujrat who completed at least 6 years of married life and having at least 2 children. The study involved a screening interview in first phase to identify the educated and uneducated married females who completed their 6 years of married life at least have 2 children. Purposive sampling form the non-probability sampling was used to select the respondent with the sample size of 136. Then in the final phase researcher conducted face to face interviews for collecting information from respondents by using questionnaire as data collection tool. Data was analyzed through Statistical package for Social Sciences (SPSS). According to the nature of the data descriptive statistics and chi-square test was used to get more accurate and reliable results. The research recorded slight fertility differentials among less educated and uneducated females but there was remarkably birth interval and notably low birth rate among highly educated females.