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    ASSESSING THE ROLE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS TOWARDS POPULATION CONTROL IN THE RURAL AREAS OF N.W.F.P
    (Department Of Sociology, University Of Peshawar, 2007) Anwar Alam Roll No. 01; Supervisor Dr. Rashid Khan
    The study was undertaken on the topic, “Assessing the role of public and private sector organizations towards population control in the rural areas of N.W.F.P.” The main objective of the study was to ascertain the contribution of these organizations in population control, to assess the constraints to family planning and strategies to overcome them. For this purpose the researcher had selected three types of respondents i.e. Family planning government staff, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) staff and beneficiaries of both the organizations at selected family planning centers of District Peshawar. Proportion allocation method of sampling was used for the selection of respondents. Out of total 109 government staff, 70 were selected, from total 73 NGO’s staff 60 were selected and among total 11885 beneficiaries of both government and NGO’s 300 were selected. After mapping the area and selecting the respondents, the researcher had pretested the Interview Schedule and Questionnaire, before data collected from the sampled respondents. The data of the study was organized, analyzed and interpreted accordingly. The study has highlighted that the major sources of awareness about family planning were TV, radio, relatives, friends and family planning staff & literature. To improve the awareness among masses suggestions have been given for involvement of media, staff training and Internet utilization for this purpose.