Table 6.
Percent of couples with unmet need who have wife-only, husband-only or concordant unmet need, by country and number of living children
| Country |
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| Unmet need of | Benin 2006 (n=504) | Burkina Faso 2003 (n=328) | Mali 2001 (n=417) | ||||||||
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Number of living children |
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| Spouse(s) with unmet need | Wife | Husband | 0-4 | 5+ | All | 0-4 | 5+ | All | 0-4 | 5+ | All |
| Either or both spouse unmet need | 70.1 | 29.9 | 100 | 68.8 | 31.2 | 100 | 67.4 | 32.6 | 100 | ||
| Wife-only | |||||||||||
| Spacing | None | 29.2 | 16.6 | 25.4 | 34.5 | 23.3 | 31.0 | 38.6 | 25.0 | 34.2 | |
| Limiting | None | 2.9 | 18.5 | 7.6 | 1.4 | 13.3 | 5.1 | 2.8 | 13.2 | 6.2 | |
| Husband-only | |||||||||||
| None | Spacing | 25.1 | 6.0 | 19.4 | 15.0 | 12.1 | 14.1 | 19.3 | 13.2 | 17.3 | |
| None | Limiting | 2.6 | 5.6 | 3.5 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 1.1 | |
| Total discordant unmet need | 59.8 | 46.7 | 55.9 | 51.5 | 50.5 | 51.2 | 62.0 | 52.9 | 58.8 | ||
| Both | |||||||||||
| Spacing | Spacing | 29.6 | 8.1 | 23.2 | 37.8 | 15.5 | 30.8 | 34.0 | 13.6 | 27.3 | |
| Limiting | Limiting | 5.1 | 32.7 | 13.3 | 2.2 | 16.5 | 6.7 | 1.0 | 16.5 | 6.1 | |
| Limiting | Spacing | 3.1 | 8.0 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 14.4 | 6.6 | 3.0 | 12.1 | 5.9 | |
| Spacing | Limiting | 2.4 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 5.4 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 1.9 | |
| Total concordant unmet need | 40.2 | 53.3 | 44.1 | 48.5 | 49.5 | 48.8 | 38.0 | 48.1 | 41.2 | ||
Note: Weighted percentages are reported