International Family Planning Perspectives
Volume 28, Number 4, December 2002

 

Accessibility and Use of Contraceptives in Vietnam
TABLES



TABLE 1. Percentage distribution of currently married Vietnamese women, by distance to facility-based family planning provider, current method use and need for contraception, by urban or rural residence and type of province
Distance, use and need All
(N=5,310)
Residence Province
Urban Rural Project Nonproject
(N=996) (N=4,344) (N=1,602) (N=3,738)
Distance
<1 km 72.8 94.5 67.8 60.2 78.1
>1 km 27.2 5.5 32.2 39.8 21.9
Current use
Modern 55.8 54.0 56.2 56.1 55.7
Traditional 19.5 25.4 18.2 21.0 18.9
None 75.3 79.4 74.4 77.1 73.6
Need for contraception
Unmet 8.2 7.2 8.5 7.6 8.5
   For limiting 4.2 4.1 4.2 3.9 4.3
   For spacing 4.0 3.1 4.3 3.7 4.2
Met 91.8 92.8 91.5 92.4 91.5
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Sources: Distance and current method use--reference 3. Need for contraception--reference 6.

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TABLE 2. Percentage of currently married Vietnamese women who lived within one kilometer of a source of specific family planning methods, and percentage using those methods, by area of residence, 1997 Vietnam Demographic and Health Survey (VNDHS)
Method Urban Rural
Access Use Access Use
Pill 85.3 4.1 39.3 4.4
Condom 93.3 11.8 46.9 4.5
Injectable 39.8 0.0 7.6 0.2
IUD 82.4 32.5 54.8 39.9
Tubal ster. 56.3 5.3 11.4 6.6

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TABLE 3. Percentage of currently married women with a source of family planning services less than one kilometer away, by type of source, and mean number of nearby sources; all according to urban-rural residence, type of province and type of community, 1997, VNDHS
Type of source Total
(N=5,310)
Residence Province Community
Urban Rural Project Nonproject Remote Near
(N=996) (N=4,314) (N=1,571) (N=3,739) (N=1,053) (N=4,257)
Nearby source
Any 84.2 100.0 80.3 89.3 82.0 69.1 87.8
Commune health clinic 55.3 87.9 47.0 59.7 52.7 15.1 81.4
Drugstore 47.1 84.3 37.5 35.1 51.7 33.6 50.1
Mobile team 8.8 7.5 9.1 19.4 3.9 6.0 9.5
Program worker 27.4 36.8 25.4 30.4 26.6 25.6 28.0
Health worker 39.7 41.9 39.4 46.4 36.7 33.6 41.1
Private doctor 16.9 47.2 9.5 11.8 18.7 0.0 20.8
Others 21.3 65.5 10.2 16.3 23.4 7.5 24.5
Source-mix index* 2.17 3.72 1.76 2.15 2.14 1.28 2.37
*The maximum mean number of sources is seven.

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TABLE 4. Odds ratios from regression analysis showing impact of access to any source of services on selected measures of contraceptive use and nonuse among currently married women (N=5,310), according to selected characteristics
Characteristic Current use of modern method Nonuse of modern method Current use of traditional method
Access to any source of family planning 1.08 0.59*** 0.64**
Age
<20 (ref) 1.00 1.00 1.00
20-24 1.78 0.60 0.58
25-29 2.02* 0.33* 0.35*
30-34 2.17* 0.19*** 0.21***
35-39 1.36 0.12*** 0.16***
40-44 1.15 0.12*** 0.15***
45-49 0.63 0.11*** 0.14***
Education
No schooling (ref) 1.00 1.00 1.00
Incomplete primary 1.23 0.53* 0.56*
Complete primary 1.43* 0.46** 0.47**
Complete lower secondary 2.20*** 0.28*** 0.27***
>=complete secondary 2.07*** 0.34*** 0.34***
Number of children
0 0.03*** 4.22*** 9.95***
1 0.68*** 1.03 1.10
2 (ref) 1.00 1.00 1.00
3-5 1.27** 1.32 1.27
>=6 1.53*** 1.63* 1.43
Intercept * -.5810 -.0037 .1386
*p <.05. **p<.01. ***p<.001. Note: The model examines women's access to any fixed service points not more than 1 km away from the community or to community workers who make home visits at least once every two weeks. ref= reference group.

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TABLE 5. Odds ratios from regression analysis showing impact of source-mix index on selected measures of contraceptive use and nonuse among currently married women (N=5,310), according to selected characteristics
Characteristic Current use of modern method Nonuse of modern method Current use of modern method
Source-mix index 1.03 0.89* 0.90*
Age
<20 (ref) 1.00 1.00 1.00
20-24 1.77 0.55 0.54
25-29 1.97* 0.33** 0.35*
30-34 2.13* 0.19*** 0.21***
35-39 1.33 0.12*** 0.15***
40-44 1.13 0.12*** 0.15***
45-49 0.62 0.12*** 0.15***
Education
No schooling (ref) 1.00 1.00 1.00
Incomplete primary 1.29 0.49** 0.53**
Complete primary 1.50** 0.43*** 0.45***
Complete lower secondary 2.29*** 0.27*** 0.27***
>=complete
>=complete secondary 2.12*** 0.34*** 0.34***
Number of children
0 0.03*** 4.12*** 10.05***
1 0.67*** 1.03 1.10
2 (ref) 1.00 1.00 1.00
3-5 1.27** 1.31 1.25
>=6 1.54*** 1.60* 1.40
Intercept * -.6221 -.0997 .1325
*p<.05. **p<.01. ***p<.001. Notes: The model examines women's access to fixed service points not more than 1 km away from the community or to community workers who make home visits at least once every two weeks. ref= reference group.

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