International Family Planning Perspectives
Volume 28, Number 1, March 2002

 

Contraceptive Method Choice in Developing Countries
TABLES

FIGURE 1. Mean contraceptive prevalence of four methods, by mean availability, 1982-1999

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FIGURE 2. Prevalence of use of four modern contraceptive methods (the pill, condom, IUD and female sterilization), by mean overall level of method availability and overall level of prevalence, 64 countries, 1994 or 1999
Mean availability Mean prevalence Mean prevalence (n=64)
Very low (N=16) Low (N=16) Medium (N=16) High (N=16)
Country % Country % Country % Country %
All 6.2   22.4   39.5   58.6 31.7
Very low Mean 5.6 Mean 18.8 Mean 46.0 Mean 0.0 11.5
Benin 2.4 Iraq* 18.8 Panama* 46.0      
Ethiopia 2.8     Guyana* 46.0      
Niger 3.2              
Nigeria* 3.6              
Mali 4.0              
Madagascar 4.8              
Uganda 5.2              
Mauritania* 5.6              
Cameroon 6.4              
Sudan 7.2              
Malawi 8.0              
Tanzania 8.8              
Lesotho* 10.4              
Low Mean 8.8 Mean 18.9 Mean 40.8 Mean 59.6 32.2
Haiti 11.6 Syria* 23.6 Jordan 36.4 Egypt 47.6  
Senegal 6.0 Zambia 13.2 El Salvador 44.8 Cuba* 80.8  
    Nepal 15.6 Zimbabwe 40.8 Jamaica 50.4  
    Kenya 18.8 Honduras 38.4      
    Guatemala 26.4 Ecuador 44.4      
    Pakistan 15.6          
Medium Mean 8.8 Mean 20.8 Mean 37.2 Mean 58.4 39.5
Ghana 8.8 Bolivia 16.0 Iran* 39.2 Kuwait* 48.4  
    Oman 15.2 India 32.8 Costa Rica 62.0  
    Philippines 25.6 Morocco 42.4 Vietnam 55.2  
    Indonesia 27.2 Turkey 35.2 Rep. of Korea 55.2  
        Sri Lanka 37.2 China 73.2  
            Dom. Rep. 57.6  
High Mean 0.0 Mean 28.4 Mean 37.2 Mean 58.1 43.6
    Peru 32.0 Mauritius* 35.2 Colombia 54.0  
    Malaysia* 24.0 Paraguay 34.4 Thailand 50.0  
    Bangladesh 32.0 Algeria 38.8 Brazil 66.4  
    Trinidad & Tobago* 31.2 Venezuela* 40.0 Mexico 54.4  
    Botswana* 22.8     Singapore* 62.8  
            Taiwan 72.0  
            Tunisia* 46.8  
*Data are for 1994.

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FIGURE 3. Contraceptive prevalence, by availability, according to method, 47 countries, 1999

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TABLE 1. Mean contraceptive prevalence in 64 countries, by mean availability and year, according to standard deviation of availability
Mean availability and year Standard deviation
High Low
Mean prev. No. of countries Mean prev. No. of countries
High
1982 8.3 23 10.9 9
1989 9.3 10 11.5 22
1994 9.1 9 11.8 23
Low
1982 4.0 9 1.9 23
1989 4.1 22 2.3 10
1994 6.2 23 3.6 9
Note: Data pertain to only four methods--female sterilization, the IUD, the pill and the condom.

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FIGURE 4. Percentage distribution of contraceptive availability and prevalence, by method, according to mean level of availability, 1994

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FIGURE 5. Proportion of total contraceptive prevalence accounted for by each method, by mean level of availability
Note: Values shown are averages of 1982, 1989 and 1994 data.

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