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Standardizing Measurement of Contraceptive Use Among Unmarried Women

Madeleine Short Fabic and Apoorva Jadhav
Global Health: Science and Practice December 2019, 7(4):564-574; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-19-00298
Madeleine Short Fabic
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    Kaplan-Meier Curves for Sexual Recency (Months Before Interview) by Region and Marital Statusa

    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 Africa100.0 (14,589)79.2 (11,650)64.5 (9,000)57.4 (8,055)46.4 (6,603)
    West and Central Africa100.0 (14,022)82.3 (11,451)69.4 (9,724)62.7 (8,866)51.1 (7,321)
    West Asia/Europe100.0 (8,976)73.9 (6,666)64.4 (5,777)59.8 (5,333)54.5 (4,823)
    Asia and Pacific100.0 (118,043)70.2 (83,349)59.0 (21,541)54.4 (20,068)46.3 (17,006)
    Latin America and Caribbean100.0 (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 Africa100.0 (6,075)58.0 (3,591)36.3 (2,114)24.2 (1,406)12.4 (710)
    West and Central Africa100.0 (4,145)58.2 (2,463)42.2 (1,807)32.0 (1,379)19.5 (847)
    West Asia/Europe100.0 (2,822)21.4 (609)6.8 (201)3.7 (111)2.2 (69)
    Asia and Pacific100.0 (32,303)15.9 (3,955)4.5 (479)1.9 (210)0.8 (93)
    Latin America and Caribbean100.0 (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 Africa100.0 (8,063)99.9 (8,059)90.2 (6,885)86.9 (6,649)76.3 (5,893)
    West and Central Africa100.0 (8,998)99.9 (8,988)86.9 (7,918)81.6 (7,487)69.6 (6,474)
    West Asia/Europe100.0 (6,060)100.0 (6,057)93.1 (5,576)87.7 (5,222)80.5 (4,754)
    Asia and Pacific100.0 (79,507)100.0 (79,394)87.4 (21,063)82.0 (19,858)70.2 (16,914)
    Latin America and Caribbean100.0 (11,800)100.0 (11,800)95.2 (11,201)91.5 (10,813)81.8 (9,713)

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

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

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