Occupational Status Knowledge Using Not using Total No Per cent No Per cent No Per cent Women Farmer 47 97.92 32 66.67 16 33.33 48 Agri. Labour 252 96.92 159 61.15 101 38.85 260 Non-Agri Labour 168 97.67 118 68.60 54 31.40 172 Business 18 100.00 15 83.33 3 16.67 18 HHBW 404 99.26 271 66.58 136 33.42 407 Service 98 100.00 88 89.80 10 10.20 98 Marginal Worker 799 99.01 449 55.64 358 44.36 807 House Wives 762 98.07 298 38.35 479 61.65 777 Total 2548 98.49 1430 55.28 1157 44.72 2587 Data Source: Based on Field Survey by the Researcher, 2010

Table 6: Occupation wise response of Knowledge and Use of Contraceptive in Rural Areas of Malda District, West Bengal (2010).