Contraceptive Method Mix: Updates and Implications

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FIGURE 1.
Changes in the Method Mix Between Earliest and Latest Surveys, by Method and Region, Change per Year, Weighted by Population
Abbreviation: IUD, intrauterine device.
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FIGURE 2.
Rwanda: Changes in Method Mix Between 1983 and 2014^a
Abbreviation: IUD, intrauterine device.^a In the middle of Figure 2, the share due to traditional methods increased and the shares for modern methods fell. The timing corresponds to the Rwanda genocide in mid-1994; overall contraceptive use fell from about 20% to about 13% between the surveys of 1992 and 1996 but proportionately less for traditional methods than for resupply methods dependent upon logistics systems.
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FIGURE 3.
Ghana: Changes in Method Mix Between 1979 and 2017
Abbreviation: IUD, intrauterine device.
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FIGURE 4.
Contraceptive Method Mix in Each Region and All Countries, Population Weighted
Abbreviation: IUD, intrauterine device.
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FIGURE 5.
Relationship Between the Measure of Average Deviation and Contraceptive Prevalence Rate, 113 Latest Surveys

TABLE 1.

Method Mix for Latest Surveys to Compare Unweighted and Weighted Results

		FemaleSterilization	MaleSterilization	IUD	Implant	Injectable	Pill	Condom	Traditional	Sum
Asia	Unweighted	13.4	1.9	24.8	2.5	13.9	17.8	13.2	12.6	100.0
	Weighted	38.7	2.6	22.0	1.0	6.6	10.0	10.7	8.4	100.0
Latin America	Unweighted	29.1	1.2	8.4	1.9	16.4	19.1	14.3	9.5	100.0
	Weighted	30.8	2.6	9.2	2.5	10.7	23.2	13.2	7.8	100.0
Middle East/North Africa	Unweighted	7.2	0.3	20.2	0.2	4.6	29.4	8.6	29.5	100.0
	Weighted	7.7	0.6	23.4	0.3	5.6	32.0	8.2	22.2	100.0
Sub-Saharan Africa	Unweighted	3.9	0.2	3.4	11.3	30.8	21.4	12.0	16.9	100.0
	Weighted	3.5	0.1	3.1	13.9	35.7	18.9	7.8	17.0	100.0
Total	Unweighted	11.6	0.8	12.0	5.5	19.6	22.0	11.9	16.6	100.0
	Weighted	29.1	2.0	17.5	3.3	12.0	14.8	10.2	11.0	100.0

TABLE 2.

The 34 Countries That Have a Method Skew (>50%) as of the Most Recent Survey and Method Causing the Skew, Based on Women Married or in Union