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High-Resolution District Level Contraceptive Prevalence in Pakistan Using a Bayesian Small Area Estimation Approach

2026-02-28 public and global health Title + abstract only
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IntroductionNational surveys in Pakistan are typically representative only at national or provincial levels, leaving large uncertainties in district-level contraceptive prevalence. This obscures local heterogeneity and limits data-driven program planning. Administrative data, although more frequent and detailed, are often underused due to reporting and measurement challenges. This study develops a multi-source small area estimation (SAE) framework to generate district-level estimates of contrace...

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