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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 7.

Percent of couples with unmet need who have wife-only, husband-only or concordant unmet need, by husband's approval of family planning use

Husband's approval of family planning use
Spouse(s) with unmet need Approves (n=840) Disapproves (n=263) Doesn't know (n=144)
Either or both spouse unmet need 100 100 100
Wife-only 67.5 20.9 11.6
Husband-only 65.5 27.4 7.1
Both 72.4 18.3 9.3

Note: Weighted percentages were calculated for each country survey, and these percentages were averaged across the three countries.