TABLE 2.

Profiles of Women of Reproductive Age by Contraceptive Use, Unmet Need, and Intention to Use a Method: Unweighted Averages for 74 Countries, Latest Demographic and Health Surveys, Various Dates

PregnantOpen Interval (Months)Total
0–1112–2324–3536–4748–5960+
All women8.417.614.910.27.25.636.1100.0
Contraceptive use
None15.820.512.17.25.24.135.1100.0
Traditional14.718.113.28.87.038.2100.0
Modern, short-acting16.820.915.510.67.428.8100.0
Modern, long-acting7.512.712.09.38.150.4100.0
Unmet need14.523.019.911.67.45.418.2100.0
Spacing19.729.423.011.66.33.96.1100.0
Limiting9.215.515.912.59.88.129.0100.0
None9.319.715.911.58.36.328.9100.0
Infecund0.02.21.81.31.51.691.6100.0
Intention to use
Using already13.918.614.29.97.336.1100.0
Intends to use25.629.013.97.44.93.515.7100.0
Does not intend7.213.110.67.05.44.552.2100.0