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Family planning: a missing priority in Pakistan's health sector? by Sathar, Zeba A

“…[...]there is evidence that an increase of 2·5% per year in contraceptive use is achievable even in mainly rural districts of Pakistan.10 The Family…”
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Accelerate progress—sexual and reproductive health and rights for all: report of the Guttmacher–Lancet Commission by Starrs, Ann M, Ezeh, Alex C, Barker, Gary, Basu, Alaka, Bertrand, Jane T, Blum, Robert, Coll-Seck, Awa M, Grover, Anand, Laski, Laura, Roa, Monica, Sathar, Zeba A, Say, Lale, Serour, Gamal I, Singh, Susheela, Stenberg, Karin, Temmerman, Marleen, Biddlecom, Ann, Popinchalk, Anna, Summers, Cynthia, Ashford, Lori S

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Reducing Unmet Need and Unwanted Childbearing: Evidence from a Panel Survey in Pakistan by Jain, Anrudh K., Mahmood, Arshad, Sathar, Zeba A., Masood, Irfan

“…Pakistan's high unmet need for contraception and low contraceptive prevalence remain a challenge, especially in light of the country's expected contribution to…”
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Women's Autonomy in India and Pakistan: The Influence of Religion and Region by Jejeebhoy, Shireen J., Sathar, Zeba A.

“…This article compares the lives of women and explores dimensions of their autonomy in different regions of South Asia-Punjab in Pakistan, and Uttar Pradesh in…”
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Social stigma and disclosure about induced abortion: Results from an exploratory study by Shellenberg, Kristen M., Moore, Ann M., Bankole, Akinrinola, Juarez, Fatima, Omideyi, Adekunbi Kehinde, Palomino, Nancy, Sathar, Zeba, Singh, Susheela, Tsui, Amy O.

“…It is well recognised that unsafe abortions have significant implications for women's physical health; however, women's perceptions and experiences with…”
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The Constraints of Distance and Poverty on Institutional Deliveries in Pakistan: Evidence from Georeference-Linked Data by Jain, Anrudh K., Sathar, Zeba A., Haque, Minhaj ul

“…While institutional deliveries in Pakistan have risen substantially over the last few years, the change has mainly occurred among the wealthy and those with…”
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Estimating the Incidence of Abortion in Pakistan by Sathar, Zeba A., Singh, Susheela, Fikree, Faryal F.

“…This study applies an indirect estimation method to develop comprehensive national and provincial estimates of the prevalence of abortion and abortion-related…”
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The effect of gender differences in primary school access, type, and quality on the decision to enroll in rural Pakistan by Lloyd, Cynthia B, Mete, Cem, Sathar, Zeba A

“…The article explores the effect of primary school access, type (public vs. private), and quality on parents’ decision to enroll their children in rural…”
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Revisiting Women's Empowerment and Contraception by Jejeebhoy, Shireen J., Sathar, Zeba

“…This essay explores and reviews the literature from low‐ and middle‐income countries on the pathways of influence between women's empowerment and reproductive…”
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Is Pakistan's fertility transition stalling? by Bongaarts, John, Sathar, Zeba

“…This study examines the question as to whether Pakistan's fertility transition is stalling. The paper reviews the trajectories of fertility and its various…”
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Obstacles to Contraceptive Use in Pakistan: A Study in Punjab by Casterline, John B., Sathar, Zeba A., ul Haque, Minhaj

“…The principal aim of this study is to assess the strength in Pakistan of a set of hypothesized obstacles to practicing contraception. Survey data are analyzed…”
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Financing gaps for Pakistan's contraceptive prevalence goals: Analyses using the Guttmacher adding-it-up methodology by Sathar, Zeba, Singh, Susheela, Hussain, Sabahat, Sadiq, Maqsood

“…The objective of the paper is to identify levels of and gaps in family planning financing in Pakistan and to assess whether current funding is sufficient to…”
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The Onset of Fertility Transition in Pakistan by Sathar, Zeba A., Casterline, John B.

“…Recent trends in fertility and contraceptive prevalence indicate that the fertility transition in Pakistan has begun in the 1990s. Before that decade, the…”
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Introducing Client-centered Reproductive Health Services in a Pakistani Setting by Sathar, Zeba, Jain, Anrudh, Rao, Saumya Rama, ul Haque, Minhaj, Kim, Jacqueline

“…Pakistan is a high-fertility country with elevated levels of maternal mortality and unmet need for family planning. Limited access to and poor quality of…”
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Induced Abortions and Unintended Pregnancies in Pakistan by Sathar, Zeba, Singh, Susheela, Rashida, Gul, Shah, Zakir, Niazi, Rehan

“…During the past decade, unmet need for family planning has remained high in Pakistan and gains in contraceptive prevalence have been small. Drawing upon data…”
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Schooling opportunities for girls as a stimulus for fertility change in rural Pakistan by Sathar, Zeba A, Lloyd, Cynthia B, Mete, Cem, Haque, Minhaj ul

“…This paper explores many possible factors explaining the diversity of family-building experiences prevalent in rural Pakistan using primary data collected for…”
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Has urbanization slowed down in Pakistan? by Arif, G. M., Sadiq, Maqsood, Sathar, Zeba, Jiang, Leiwen, Hussain, Sabahat

“…Pakistan is the seventh largest contributor to world urban growth and exhibits high levels of urbanization. The recent 2017 Population Census results show a…”
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Abortion service provision in South Asia: A comparative study of four countries by Singh, Susheela, Sundaram, Aparna, Hossain, Altaf, Puri, Mahesh C., Sathar, Zeba, Shekhar, Chander, Crowell, Marjorie, Moore, Ann M.

“…Nationally representative evidence on abortion service provision is scarce in South Asia. To inform improvements in service provision, this paper assesses the…”
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Pakistani Couples: Different Productive and Reproductive Realities? [with Comments] by Sathar, Zeba A., Kazi, Shahnaz, Mahmood, Arshad

“…Gender systems in Pakistan are posited to be unequal in favour of men, because of strong patriarchical systems which ordain that men and older persons make all…”
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Women's Autonomy in the Context of Rural Pakistan by Sathar, Zeba Ayesha, Kazi, Shahnaz

“…The paper explores the elements that constitute women's autonomy in rural Pakistan. Hitherto most research on women's status in Pakistan has either been…”
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