TABLES: Unmet Need for Contraception in the Developing World And the Former Soviet Union: An Updated Estimate

	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 TABLES

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.

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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.		%
Region	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.

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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.			%
Region	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

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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.

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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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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 women	All	Spacing	Limiting	Unmarried women	All Women	All	Spacing	Limiting	Unmarried women
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.