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).