International Family Planning Perspectives
Volume 28, Number 3, September 2002 | |
Unmet Need for Contraception in the Developing World And the Former Soviet Union: An Updated Estimate |
TABLE 1. Number (in 000s) and percentage of women with an unmet need for contraception, by region, according to marital status and, for married women, reason for needing contraception, 2000 | |||||||||||
Region | No. | % | |||||||||
All women | Married women | Unmarried women | All Women | Married women | Unmarried women | ||||||
All | Spacing | Limiting | All | Spacing | Limiting | ||||||
Developing world | 113,647 | 105,205 | 55,402 | 49,803 | 8,442 | 13.0 | 17.1 | 9.0 | 8.1 | 3.2 | |
Asia (except China) | 63,650 | 61,142 | 31,658 | 29,484 | 2,508 | 12.9 | 16.4 | 8.5 | 7.9 | 2.0 | |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 27,997 | 23,550 | 15,269 | 8,281 | 4,447 | 19.4 | 24.2 | 15.7 | 8.5 | 9.5 | |
Latin America/Caribbean | 11,837 | 11,088 | 4,615 | 6,473 | 749 | 8.5 | 13.7 | 5.7 | 8.0 | 1.3 | |
North Africa/ Middle East | 8,925 | 8,306 | 3,345 | 4,961 | 619 | 10.6 | 15.6 | 6.3 | 9.3 | 2.0 | |
Central Asia | 1,238 | 1,119 | 515 | 604 | 119 | 8.5 | 11.4 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 2.6 | |
Other regions | 9,050 | u | u | u | u | u | u | u | u | u | |
Russia | 4,604 | u | u | u | u | 14.5 | u | u | u | u | |
Eastern Europe | 3,594 | u | u | u | u | 10.7 | u | u | u | u | |
Caucasus | 633 | u | u | u | u | 14.3 | u | u | u | u | |
Baltic republics | 219 | u | u | u | u | 11.5 | u | u | u | u | |
Notes: Currently married women include those in consensual unions. u=unavailable. |
TABLE 2. Number (in 000s) and percentage of married women in the developing world with an unmet need for contraception, by region, 1996 and 2000 | ||||
Region | No. | % | ||
1996 | 2000 | 1996 | 2000 | |
All | 101,700 | 104,086 | 19 | 17 |
Asia (except China) | 62,100 | 61,142 | 19 | 16 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 22,200 | 23,550 | 26 | 24 |
Latin America/Caribbean | 11,200 | 11,088 | 17 | 14 |
North Africa/Middle East | 6,200 | 8,306 | 16 | 16 |
Note: The total differs from the total in Table 1 because of the exclusion of the Central Asian republics. Source: For 1996, see reference 6, Table 1. |
TABLE 3. Number (in 000s) and percentage of currently married young women with an unmet need for contraception, by region, according to age | ||||||
Region | No. | % | ||||
15-24 | 15-19 | 20-24 | 15-24 | 15-19 | 20-24 | |
All | 34,914 | 11,445 | 23,469 | 23.1 | 24.5 | 22.5 |
Asia (except China) | 22,069 | 7,390 | 14,679 | 23.3 | 24.4 | 22.7 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 7,128 | 2,465 | 4,663 | 25.9 | 25.6 | 26.0 |
Latin America/Caribbean | 3,469 | 1,064 | 2,405 | 21.9 | 27.2 | 20.2 |
North Africa/Middle East | 1,936 | 479 | 1,457 | 17.5 | 18.0 | 17.4 |
Central Asia | 312 | 47 | 265 | 15.5 | 14.0 | 15.8 |
TABLE 4. Percentage of women with an unmet need for contraception, by region, according to definition of unmet need, 27 countries | |||
Region | No. of countries | Standard definition* | Enlarged definition |
All | 27 | 21.7 | 33.2 |
Asia | 4 | 20.5 | 29.6 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 12 | 26.0 | 42.7 |
Latin America/Caribbean | 7 | 19.2 | 26.9 |
North Africa/Middle East | 2 | 13.6 | 19.4 |
Central Asia | 2 | 14.7 | 19.8 |
*Percentages differ from those in other tables because only 27 countries are included. Including women with postpartum amenorrhea. Source: special tabulations of DHS surveys. |
APPENDIX TABLE 1. Countries for which the unmet need for contraception has been estimated since 1990, and year and type of survey used, by region | |||||
Region and country | Year | Survey type | Region and country | Year | Survey type |
Asia | Latin America/Caribbean | ||||
Bangladesh | 1997 | DHS | Bolivia | 1998 | DHS |
India | 1993 | DHS | Brazil | 1996 | DHS |
Indonesia | 1997 | DHS | Colombia | 1995 | DHS |
Nepal | 1996 | DHS | Dominican Republic | 1996 | DHS |
Pakistan | 1991 | DHS | Guatemala | 1999 | DHS |
Philippines | 1998 | DHS | Haiti | 1994 | DHS |
Mexico | 1995 | CONAPO | |||
Nicaragua | 1998 | DHS | |||
Sub-Saharan Africa | Paraguay | 1998 | CDC | ||
Benin | 1996 | DHS | Peru | 1996 | DHS |
Burkina Faso | 1999 | DHS | |||
Cameroon | 1998 | DHS | North Africa/Middle East | ||
Central African Republic | 1994 | DHS | Egypt | 1995 | DHS |
Chad | 1997 | DHS | Morocco | 1992 | DHS |
Comoros | 1996 | DHS | Turkey | 1998 | DHS |
Côte d'Ivoire | 1994 | DHS | |||
Ghana | 1993 | DHS | Central Asia | ||
Kenya | 1993 | DHS | Kazakhstan | 1995 | DHS |
Madagascar | 1997 | DHS | Kyrgyz Republic | 1997 | DHS |
Malawi | 1992 | DHS | Uzbekistan | 1996 | DHS |
Mali | 1996 | DHS | |||
Mozambique | 1997 | DHS | Eastern Europe/Russia | ||
Namibia | 1992 | DHS | Bulgaria | 1997-1998 | FFS |
Niger | 1998 | DHS | Czech Republic | 1993 | CDC |
Nigeria | 1990 | DHS | Georgia | 1999 | CDC |
Rwanda | 1992 | DHS | Hungary | 1992-1993 | FFS |
Senegal | 1993 | DHS | Moldova | 1997 | CDC |
Tanzania | 1996 | DHS | Romania | 1999 | CDC |
Togo | 1998 | DHS | Russia | 1999 | CDC |
Uganda | 1995 | DHS | Ukraine | 1999 | CDC |
Zambia | 1996 | DHS | |||
Zimbabwe | 1994 | DHS | Baltic republics | ||
Latvia | 1995 | FFS | |||
Lithuania | 1994-1995 | FFS | |||
Notes: DHS=Demographic and Health Survey. CONAPO=Consejo Nacional de Población, Mexico. CDC=U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Reproductive Health. FFS=Fertility and Family Survey, UN Economic Commission for Europe. Source: Klijzing E, Are there unmet family planning needs in Europe? Family Planning Perspectives, 2002, 32(2):74-88. |
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