Table 2.
Current contraceptive use and unmet need for contraception for women aged 15–19 in 14 developing countries 1,2,3
|
Region |
Unmarried, sexually active women 15-19
a
|
Currently married women 15-19 |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current use | Unmet need b | Current use | Unmet need b | |
|
Sub-Saharan Africa | ||||
| Ghana, 2008 |
42 |
53 |
14 |
62 |
| Mali, 2006 |
21 |
63 |
8 |
35 |
| Tanzania, 2010 |
40 |
48 |
15 |
16 |
| Zimbabwe, 2010-2011 |
24 |
64 |
36 |
19 |
|
Middle East/North Africa | ||||
| Egypt, 2008 |
- |
- |
23 |
7 |
| Jordan, 2009 |
- |
- |
27 |
8 |
| Morocco, 2003-04 |
- |
- |
38 |
10 |
|
South East Asia/East Asia/Central Asia | ||||
| Azerbaijan, 2006 |
Too few |
Too few |
6 |
16 |
| Bangladesh, 2011 |
Too few |
Too few |
47 |
17 |
| Cambodia, 2010 |
Too few |
Too few |
27 |
16 |
| India, 2005-06 |
- |
- |
13 |
27 |
|
Latin America/Caribbean | ||||
| Dominican Republic, 2007 |
41 |
47 |
46 |
27 |
| Haiti, 2012 |
28 |
67 |
26 |
57 |
| Peru, 2012 | 64 | 34 | 67 | 19 |
aIncluding currently unmarried female adolescents that had sex in the past 3 months.
bThe calculation of the unmet need for family planning is based on responses to 15 questions and was recently revised. See Bradley et. al for complete definition (Bradley S, Trevor EK, Croft N, Fishel JD, Westoff CF. Revising Unmet Need for Family Planning. DHS Analytical Studies No. 25. Calverton, Maryland, USA: ICF International; 2012. Available from: http://www.measuredhs.com/pubs/pdf/AS25/AS25[12June2012].pdf).
1 Key: % among each category.
2 Source: The most recent DHS for each country, ICF International, 2003–2012.
3 “Too few” indicates too few cases to calculate estimate; ‘-’indicates no data available.
Note: The criteria used within the Demographic and Health Surveys programme to identify women with unmet need for family planning have recently been revised (Bradley et al., 2012).
Women are considered to have unmet need for spacing if they are:
•At risk of becoming pregnant, not using contraception, and either do not want to become pregnant within the next two years, or are unsure if or when they want to become pregnant.
•Pregnant with a mistimed pregnancy.
•Postpartum amenorrheic for up to two years following a mistimed birth and not using contraception.
Women are considered to have unmet need for limiting if they are:
•At risk of becoming pregnant, not using contraception, and want no (more) children.
•Pregnant with an unwanted pregnancy.
•Postpartum amenorrheic for up to two years following an unwanted birth and not using contraception.