Understanding contraceptive use in Pakistan: The role of individual and community contextual factors

Asifa Kamal; Lamia Alyami; Sadaf Malik; Maryam Siddiqa; Muhammad Ijaz; Afza Rasul; Jamal Abdul Nasir

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0342157

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Understanding contraceptive use in Pakistan: The role of individual and community contextual factors

Asifa Kamal ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Asifa Kamal, Sadaf Malik, Muhammad Ijaz

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Statistics, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan
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Lamia Alyami,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, College of Sciences and Arts, Najran University, Najran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8067-6928

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Sadaf Malik ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Asifa Kamal, Sadaf Malik, Muhammad Ijaz

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Statistics, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan
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Maryam Siddiqa,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Muhammad Ijaz ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Asifa Kamal, Sadaf Malik, Muhammad Ijaz

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: ijaz.statistics@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Haripur-KPK, Haripur, Pakistan

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1403-7093

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Afza Rasul,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Statistics, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan
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Jamal Abdul Nasir

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Statistics, Government College University, Lahore, Pakistan

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3095-7028

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Understanding contraceptive use in Pakistan: The role of individual and community contextual factors

Asifa Kamal,
Lamia Alyami,
Sadaf Malik,
Maryam Siddiqa,
Muhammad Ijaz,
Afza Rasul,
Jamal Abdul Nasir

Published: February 3, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0342157

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