Background: It is striking fact that unrestrained growth of population has unleashed multifaceted problems for the people of Pakistan. The Socio-Economic determinants such as educational level, respondent’s age and number of living children have strong influence on the changing trends of contraceptive use in Punjab. Methods and Materials: A multistage analysis process was used on Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey 2012-13 and 2017-18. The data set of PDHS 2012-13 covered 3800 married women of reproductive age in the Punjab. Similarly, the data set of PDHS 2017-18 covered 10825 married women of reproductive age in the Punjab. Univariate and Bivariate statistical analysis was executed by using SPSS version 25. Results: The results of the research study reveal that respondent’s educational level, age and number of living children are major determinants of contraceptive use among married women (15-49) in the Punjab. It is also proved that married women with higher educational level, older age and higher number of children are more likely to use contraceptive methods in both PDHS 2012-13 and 2017-18. Conclusion: It can be concluded that women with higher education are more likely to use contraceptive methods and married women with age of 35 years or more than 35 years have greater exposure to current contraceptive use as compared to married women age of below 35 years. Similarly, married women who have five or more than five children uptake more contraceptive methods to prevent from unwanted pregnancy.

Family Planning, Fertility Trend, Reproductive Health, Modern Contraceptive Methods, Contraceptive Prevalence Rate, Unmet Family Planning Needs.