Standardizing Measurement of Contraceptive Use Among Unmarried Women

Madeleine Short Fabic; Apoorva Jadhav

doi:10.9745/GHSP-D-19-00298

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Kaplan-Meier Curves for Sexual Recency (Months Before Interview) by Region and Marital Status^a
^a Regional data presented are pooled and weighted at the country level.
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Modern Contraceptive Prevalence Rate Among Women Who Reported Sex in the Previous 1 Month Compared With Those Who Reported Sex in the Previous 3 Months and 12 Months, by Marital Status for 43 Countries
Abbreviation: mCPR, modern contraceptive prevalence rate.
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Mean Modern Contraceptive Prevalence Rate by Sexual Recency and Marital Status for Each Geographic Region
Abbreviation: mCPR, modern contraceptive prevalence rate
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Unmet Need Among Women Who Reported Sex in the Previous 1 Month Compared With Those Who Reported Sex in the Previous 3 Months and 12 Months, by Marital Status for 43 Countries
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Mean Unmet Need for Family Planning by Sexual Recency and Marital Status for Each Geographic Region

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Mean Percentage and Mean Number of Women Reporting Sex Within Various Time Frames, by Region and Marital Status (as Averaged by Country)

	All Women
	Total % (No.)	Ever Had Sex % (No.)	Sex in Last 12 Months % (No.)	Sex in Last 3 Months % (No.)	Sex in Last 1 Month % (No.)
East and Southern Africa	100.0 (14,589)	79.2 (11,650)	64.5 (9,000)	57.4 (8,055)	46.4 (6,603)
West and Central Africa	100.0 (14,022)	82.3 (11,451)	69.4 (9,724)	62.7 (8,866)	51.1 (7,321)
West Asia/Europe	100.0 (8,976)	73.9 (6,666)	64.4 (5,777)	59.8 (5,333)	54.5 (4,823)
Asia and Pacific	100.0 (118,043)	70.2 (83,349)	59.0 (21,541)	54.4 (20,068)	46.3 (17,006)
Latin America and Caribbean	100.0 (21,409)	82.4 (17,764)	72.8 (15,631)	64.6 (13,987)	53.1 (11,551)
	Unmarried Women
	Total % (No.)	Ever Had Sex % (No.)	Sex in Last 12 Months % (No.)	Sex in Last 3 Months % (No.)	Sex in Last 1 Month % (No.)
East and Southern Africa	100.0 (6,075)	58.0 (3,591)	36.3 (2,114)	24.2 (1,406)	12.4 (710)
West and Central Africa	100.0 (4,145)	58.2 (2,463)	42.2 (1,807)	32.0 (1,379)	19.5 (847)
West Asia/Europe	100.0 (2,822)	21.4 (609)	6.8 (201)	3.7 (111)	2.2 (69)
Asia and Pacific	100.0 (32,303)	15.9 (3,955)	4.5 (479)	1.9 (210)	0.8 (93)
Latin America and Caribbean	100.0 (9,505)	61.8 (5,964)	46.0 (4,430)	32.5 (3,174)	18.5 (1,838)
	Married Women
	Total % (No.)	Ever Had Sex % (No.)	Sex in Last 12 Months % (No.)	Sex in Last 3 Months % (No.)	Sex in Last 1 Month % (No.)
East and Southern Africa	100.0 (8,063)	99.9 (8,059)	90.2 (6,885)	86.9 (6,649)	76.3 (5,893)
West and Central Africa	100.0 (8,998)	99.9 (8,988)	86.9 (7,918)	81.6 (7,487)	69.6 (6,474)
West Asia/Europe	100.0 (6,060)	100.0 (6,057)	93.1 (5,576)	87.7 (5,222)	80.5 (4,754)
Asia and Pacific	100.0 (79,507)	100.0 (79,394)	87.4 (21,063)	82.0 (19,858)	70.2 (16,914)
Latin America and Caribbean	100.0 (11,800)	100.0 (11,800)	95.2 (11,201)	91.5 (10,813)	81.8 (9,713)

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Supplement 1 -
Women (Aged 15-49) Using a Modern Method of Contraception by Sexual Recency and Marital Status, for All Study Countries

Supplement 2 -
Proportion of Women (Aged 15-49) With Unmet Need for Family Planning by Sexual Recency and Marital Status, for All Study Countries