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. 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 5.

Percent of couples with unmet need who have wife-only, husband-only or concordant unmet need, by country

Country
Unmet need of Benin 2006 (n=504) Burkina Faso 2003 (n=328) Mali 2001 (n=417)
Spouse(s) with unmet need Wife Husband
Either or both spouse unmet need 100 100 100
Wife-only
Spacing None 25.4 31.0 34.2
Limiting None 7.6 5.1 6.2
Husband only
None Spacing 19.4 14.1 17.3
None Limiting 3.5 1.0 1.1
Both
Spacing Spacing 23.2 30.8 27.4
Limiting Limiting 13.3 6.7 6.1
Limiting Spacing 4.5 6.6 5.9
Spacing Limiting 3.1 4.7 1.9

Note: Weighted percentages are reported