Table 7.
Current contraceptive use in India—conventional modality survey (CMS) sample (collected in Bihar: n=1234; Uttar Pradesh: n=1281) compared with Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) aggregated samples from these same 2 states (aged 15-49 years and currently married) and app-based sample (respondents from unknown locales across India) compared with 2019 to 2021 national DHS sample (figure 5.1 and table 5.5 in India DHS report; aged 15-49 years and currently married).
| Responses | Bihar and Uttar Pradesh | National | ||||||||||||||||||
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CMS sample (n=2515), n (%) | DHS (Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, approximately n=98,000)a | App-based sample (n=1246), n (%) | DHS 2019-2021 (approximately n=521,300) | ||||||||||||||||
| Current users | 2217 (88.2)b,c | 24.5b | 637 (51.1)b,c | 29b | ||||||||||||||||
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Hormonal methods (total) | 581 (26.2)c,d | 15.6d | 76 (11.9)d,e | 27.3d | |||||||||||||||
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LARCf methods | 176 (7.9)d | 7.4d | 3 (0.5)d | 9d | ||||||||||||||
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IUDg or IUSh | 0 | 4.2d | 3 (0.5)d,e | 7d (2.1b) | |||||||||||||
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Injection | 176 (7.9)d | 3.2d | 0 | 2d (0.6b) | |||||||||||||
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Implant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
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Non-LARC methods | 395 (17.8)d | 8.2d | 48 (7.5) | 18.3d | ||||||||||||||
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Pill | 395 (17.8)c,d | 8.2d | 44 (6.9)d,e | 18d (5.1b) | |||||||||||||
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Patch or Ring | 0 | 0 | 4 (0.6)d | 0 | |||||||||||||
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Morning-after pill | 10 (0.5)d | 0 | 25 (3.9)d | 0.3d (0.1d) | |||||||||||||||
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Nonhormonal methods (total) | 1636 (73.8)d,e | 85d | 560 (87.9)c,d | 71d | |||||||||||||||
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Condoms | 777 (35)d | 29d | 387 (60.8)c,d | 33d (9.5b) | ||||||||||||||
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Natural methods | 610 (27.5)d,e | 56d | 151 (23.7)d,e | 38d (11b) | ||||||||||||||
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Copper IUDg | 76 (3.4)d | 0 | 9 (1.4)d | 0 | ||||||||||||||
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Other methods | 173 (7.8)d | 0 | 13 (2)d | 1d (0.3b) | ||||||||||||||
| Other responses | 298 (11.8)b | 75.5b | 609 (48.9)b | 71b | ||||||||||||||||
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None used in last 3 months | 175 (7)b,e | 49.5b | 359 (28.8)b | 33b | |||||||||||||||
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Female sterilization | N/Ai | 26b | N/A | 38b | |||||||||||||||
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No answer or N/A | 123 (4.9)b | N/A | 250 (20.1)b | N/A | |||||||||||||||
aEqual weighting of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
bPercentage of survey sample.
cOverrepresentation compared with benchmark.
dPercentage of current contraceptive users (samples do not include sterilized respondents).
eUnderrepresentation compared with benchmark.
fLARC: long-acting reversible contraception.
gIUD: intrauterine device.
hIUS: intrauterine system
iN/A: not applicable.