Table 2. Background reproductive characteristics of follow-up respondents compared with married and sexually active unmarried women in three selected regions, GDHS 2014.

Percentage distribution of background characteristics within the following groups:
	Family planning users in three study regions1	Follow-up family planning users2	Women with unmet need in three study regions1	Follow-up respondents with unmet need2
Marital Status
Never in union	14	17	17	14
Currently in union	83	76	80	84
Formerly in union	4	7	4	2
Number of children ever born
0	17	13	14	14
1–2	31	41	34	20
3–5	40	39	38	36
6+	12	7	14	30
Knowledge of family planning
Knows no method	▪	▪	1	2
Knows only traditional method	0	0	1	2
Knows modern method	100	100	99	96
Unmet need
Unmet need for spacing	▪	▪	69	62
Unmet need for limiting	▪	▪	31	38
Using for spacing	61	78	▪	▪
Using for limiting	39	22	▪	▪
Ever use of family planning
Ever	100	100	62	66
Never	▪	▪	39	34
Abortion experience3
Never had an abortion	-	72	-	90
Had an abortion once	-	24	-	6
Had an abortion more than once	-	4	-	4
Total	100	100	100	100
Number of women	625	46	746	50

Note: Percentages may not sum to total due to rounding.

▪ Zero by definition or due to sampling criteria

¹ National and regional estimates are weighted.

² Follow-up respondents are shown unweighted for ease of comparison with case count tables.

³ Abortion not asked about in GDHS; results from follow-up study only