TABLE 3. Current Use of Contraceptive Methods (%) by Sociodemographic Characteristics Among Married Women of Reproductive Age, Baseline Survey, 2011
Type of Method
Sample Size (n)NoneTraditionalModernShort-ActingLARCsPMs
Age group, years
 15–194776.60.023.421.32.10.0
 20–2442875.52.621.921.00.90.0
 25–2961571.74.623.721.31.80.6
 30–3445369.54.426.122.32.21.6
 35–3922969.96.623.520.51.31.7
 40–4516470.16.723.220.81.80.6
Education level
 No school33672.04.223.821.10.91.8
 Primary1,13970.33.526.223.51.90.8
 Secondary39275.36.917.816.11.50.2
 High school or higher6975.45.818.815.92.90.0
Wealth quintile
 Q1, poorest40467.13.729.226.70.81.7
 Q239571.13.825.122.52.00.6
 Q339270.23.826.023.21.81.0
 Q438273.05.521.519.61.60.3
 Q5, richest36378.25.216.613.82.20.6
No. of living children
 02391.30.08.78.70.00.0
 168478.13.718.217.80.40.0
 254768.64.027.424.52.70.2
 3 or more68267.55.627.022.72.12.2
  • Abbreviations: LARCs, long-acting reversible contraceptives; PMs, permanent methods.