Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Stud Fam Plann. 2014 Sep;45(3):339–359. doi: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2014.00395.x

Table 4.

Percent distribution of couples by category of unmet need for family planning, by country

Country
Unmet need of Benin 2006 (n=1,630) Burkina Faso 2003 (n=1,073) Mali 2001 (n=1,145)
Spouse(s) with unmet need Wife Husband
All Couples 100 100 100
Neither
None None 68.8 68.3 62.7
One only
Spacing None 7.9 9.8 12.7
Limiting None 2.4 1.6 2.3
None Spacing 6.1 4.5 6.5
None Limiting 1.1 0.3 0.4
Both
Spacing Spacing 7.2 9.8 10.2
Limiting Limiting 4.2 2.1 2.3
Limiting Spacing 1.4 2.1 2.2
Spacing Limiting 1.0 1.5 0.7

Note: Weighted percentages are reported