Women's growing desire to limit births in sub-Saharan Africa: meeting the challenge

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FIGURE 1
Demand for Spacing and Limiting Births,^a by Age

^a Averages weighted by population of women of reproductive age for all 18 analysis countries
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FIGURE 2
Method Mix Among Women Using Contraception to Limit Births
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FIGURE 3
Mean Parity and Mean Ideal Parity Among Users of Permanent Contraceptive Methods
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FIGURE 4
Percent of Demand for Limiting Satisfied Among the Poorest and Wealthiest Quintiles

Table 1. Countries and Survey Years Included in the Analysis

Country	Survey Year
Benin	2006
Cameroon	2004
Democratic Republic of Congo	2007
Ethiopia	2011
Ghana	2009
Kenya	2008/9
Lesotho	2004 and 2009^*
Madagascar	2009
Malawi	2010
Namibia	2007
Nigeria	2008
Rwanda	2010
Senegal	2010–11
Swaziland	2007
Tanzania	2010
Uganda	2006
Zambia	2007
Zimbabwe	2010–11

↵* The 2004 Lesotho DHS was used for data that were not included in the 2009 DHS.

Table 3. Met and Unmet Need and Total Demand for Spacing and Limiting Births, by Country

Country	Demand to limit (%)	Using to limit (%)	Unmet need to limit (%)	Demand to space (%)	Using to space (%)	Unmet need to space (%)
Benin	14.8	5.4	9.4	26.0	11.8	14.2
Cameroon	10.6	6.4	4.2	29.9	19.6	10.3
Democratic Republic of Congo	9.3	5.8	3.5	27.7	14.3	13.4
Ethiopia	14.1	8.5	5.6	21.5	11.1	10.4
Ghana	14.9	7.2	7.7	27.4	12.2	15.2
Kenya	26.8	19.0	7.8	21.4	13.0	8.4
Lesotho	30.3	22.8	7.5	19.6	13.2	6.4
Madagascar	22.0	15.8	6.2	24.3	15.9	8.4
Malawi	28.0	19.8	8.2	25.8	15.6	10.2
Namibia	30.9	25.9	5.0	25.1	20.8	4.3
Nigeria	8.2	4.4	3.8	22.9	11.0	11.9
Rwanda	20.8	16.0	4.8	18.0	12.6	5.4
Senegal	8.0	3.0	5.0	21.4	6.6	14.8
Swaziland	35.0	26.4	8.6	16.0	11.5	4.5
Tanzania	17.5	10.8	6.7	29.6	18.0	11.6
Uganda	19.9	9.6	10.3	26.1	10.0	16.1
Zambia	17.6	11.4	6.2	30.3	18.5	11.8
Zimbabwe	22.3	18.6	3.7	27.6	22.7	4.9