Demand for family planning satisfied with modern methods among sexually active women in low- and middle-income countries: who is lagging behind?

Ewerling, Fernanda; Victora, Cesar G.; Raj, Anita; Coll, Carolina V. N.; Hellwig, Franciele; Barros, Aluisio J. D.

doi:10.1186/s12978-018-0483-x

Reproductive Health

Table 1 List of surveys with the Demand for family planning satisfied (DFPS) and DFPS with modern methods (mDFPS) estimates by type of contraceptive method used

From: Demand for family planning satisfied with modern methods among sexually active women in low- and middle-income countries: who is lagging behind?

					Modern method
Region	Country	Year	Total DFPS	Modern DFPS	Short acting^a	Long acting^b	Permanent^c	% modern^d
Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CEE & CIS)	Albania	2008	84.2	13.5	8.8	1.1	3.6	16.1
	Armenia	2010	80.2	39.4	25.0	14.0	0.4	49.1
	Azerbaijan	2006	69.3	19.3	6.4	12.4	0.6	27.9
	Belarus	2012	90.2	77.0	52.3	20.3	4.3	85.4
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2011	81.2	29.0	22.7	6.1	0.3	35.8
	Kazakhstan	2010	83.4	81.4	26.3	53.1	1.9	97.5
	Kosovo	2013	90.1	22.3	14.4	6.8	1.0	24.7
	Kyrgyzstan	2012	66.3	61.5	18.9	39.7	2.9	92.7
	Macedonia	2005	28.7	21.7	15.3	4.9	1.5	75.7
	Moldova	2012	87.5	66.3	30.9	29.0	6.4	75.8
	Montenegro	2013	60.9	47.6	37.3	10.2	0.1	78.2
	Serbia	2010	91.5	48.8	44.8	3.8	0.2	53.3
	Tajikistan	2012	55.0	50.9	13.2	36.6	1.2	92.6
	Ukraine	2012	92.2	70.6	52.0	17.4	1.2	76.5
	Uzbekistan	2006	89.3	83.0	73.0	6.8	3.2	93.0
East Asia & Pacific	Cambodia	2014	81.8	56.1	42.0	9.5	4.5	68.9
	Indonesia	2012	84.4	78.9	64.5	9.9	4.6	93.5
	Mongolia	2013	81.4	73.0	32.8	35.5	4.8	89.7
	Philippines	2013	75.7	51.2	34.7	4.8	11.6	67.6
	Timor-Leste	2009	42.0	39.7	34.1	4.1	1.5	94.5
	Vietnam	2010	95.3	75.0	31.0	38.9	5.0	78.7
	Lao People’s Democratic Republic	2011	78.0	68.0	58.2	2.6	7.3	87.2
Eastern & Southern Africa	Burundi	2010	40.3	32.8	25.6	6.1	1.1	81.4
	Comoros	2012	38.8	27.8	23.2	3.0	1.5	71.6
	Ethiopia	2011	52.6	50.2	42.6	6.8	0.9	95.4
	Kenya	2014	76.4	70.4	49.1	17.1	4.1	92.1
	Lesotho	2014	77.0	76.4	70.9	3.5	2.0	99.3
	Madagascar	2008	67.0	48.7	43.7	3.1	1.9	72.6
	Malawi	2013	75.3	74.0	47.8	13.3	12.9	98.2
	Mozambique	2011	34.7	33.9	32.9	0.5	0.5	97.9
	Namibia	2013	79.3	77.3	69.6	1.4	6.3	97.5
	Rwanda	2014	72.3	63.5	49.5	12.1	1.9	87.9
	Swaziland	2010	84.6	83.0	74.4	3.0	5.7	98.1
	Tanzania, United Republic of	2010	62.6	50.7	39.8	5.0	5.9	80.9
	Uganda	2011	48.0	41.5	32.3	4.9	4.4	86.6
	Zambia	2013	67.9	62.0	50.4	9.1	2.5	91.4
	Zimbabwe	2014	88.0	87.5	75.0	11.4	1.1	99.5
Latin America & Caribbean	Barbados	2012	75.1	70.9	60.2	4.6	6.1	94.5
	Belize	2011	75.4	71.4	42.9	2.0	26.5	94.8
	Bolivia	2008	75.5	43.4	25.4	10.3	7.7	57.4
	Colombia	2010	91.5	83.2	33.0	12.0	38.1	90.9
	Costa Rica	2011	88.1	86.8	51.1	2.8	33.0	98.4
	Cuba	2014	90.3	89.5	37.4	27.2	24.9	99.0
	Dominican Republic	2014	84.2	82.9	33.2	4.4	45.3	98.5
	Guyana	2014	53.5	51.6	35.9	10.5	5.2	96.4
	Haiti	2012	48.5	44.1	39.5	2.5	2.1	90.9
	Honduras	2011	87.2	75.9	42.1	7.9	25.9	87.0
	Nicaragua	2001	82.4	79.2	41.2	7.6	30.4	96.1
	Panama	2013	77.3	74.5	41.9	3.0	29.5	96.4
	Peru	2012	90.6	62.1	49.8	3.1	9.2	68.6
	Saint Lucia	2012	76.0	72.3	59.0	4.5	8.8	95.1
	Suriname	2010	69.7	69.2	52.7	2.5	13.9	99.3
	Trinidad and Tobago	2006	61.0	56.3	26.4	18.7	11.2	92.3
South Asia	Bhutan	2010	85.8	85.6	55.0	4.9	25.6	99.7
	India	2005	81.9	69.9	12.2	2.5	55.2	85.4
	Nepal	2011	64.3	55.9	22.9	3.2	29.7	86.8
West & Central Africa	Benin	2011	30.4	18.9	15.6	3.1	0.3	62.3
	Burkina Faso	2010	41.1	38.4	29.2	8.8	0.4	93.2
	Cameroon	2011	53.6	35.5	32.8	1.8	1.0	66.2
	Central African Republic	2010	36.3	24.6	23.7	0.4	0.4	67.6
	Chad	2014	20.3	18.1	13.7	3.6	0.8	89.4
	Congo	2011	73.8	36.4	36.0	0.2	0.2	49.3
	Côte d’Ivoire	2011	41.9	29.8	29.1	0.6	0.1	71.0
	Gabon	2012	58.5	40.3	39.3	0.2	0.8	68.9
	Gambia	2013	27.1	24.5	20.1	2.7	1.7	90.4
	Ghana	2014	48.0	38.9	26.1	9.8	2.9	81.0
	Guinea	2012	24.3	20.3	19.2	0.8	0.2	83.4
	Guinea-Bissau	2006	38.4	29.5	23.6	5.0	0.9	76.8
	Liberia	2013	41.0	38.6	34.0	4.3	0.4	94.1
	Mali	2012	29.0	27.8	19.5	7.9	0.4	95.8
	Niger	2012	46.5	40.8	39.1	1.2	0.5	87.9
	Nigeria	2013	52.3	35.1	29.9	4.2	1.0	67.2
	Sao Tome and Principe	2014	55.0	51.5	45.1	5.6	0.8	93.6
	Senegal	2015	48.3	43.7	30.0	12.9	0.8	90.4
	Sierra Leone	2013	47.9	45.3	35.8	8.6	0.9	94.4
	Togo	2013	39.2	34.1	24.5	9.2	0.4	87.1
	Congo Democratic Republic	2013	43.6	17.0	13.9	1.6	1.5	39.0

^aModern, short acting contraceptive methods: pill, injectable, condom, diaphragm, patch, spermicide (foam/jelly), and emergency contraception
^bModern, long acting contraceptive methods: intrauterine device (IUD) and implants
^cModern, permanent contraception: male and female sterilization
^dThe share of DFPS with modern contraceptive methods (% modern) was calculated as the ratio between the mDFPS and the DFPS

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