Contraceptive use intentions and unmet need for family planning among reproductive-aged women in the Upper East Region of Ghana

Table 1 Fertility, contraceptive prevalence, and unmet need for family planning among women aged 15–49, Africa, Ghana, Upper East Region, and GEHIP Districts

Indicator	Sub-Saharan Africa^a	Ghana
Indicator	Sub-Saharan Africa^a	National^b	All Upper East^b	GEHIP Baseline Survey^c
Total fertility rate	5.2	4.0	4.1	5.4
Prevalence of modern method contraceptive users among currently married women aged 15–49	23	16.6	14.3	12.9
Prevalence of all contraceptive users among women aged 15–49	19	23.3	14.7	14.1
Unmet need for spacing^d	17	22.5^b	22.7	31.7
Unmet need for limiting^d	9	12.9^b	9.4	17.6

^aPopulation Reference Bureau, 2011
^bBased on sample census enumeration clusters in all nine districts, including urban Bolgatanga and district headquarter towns (Demographic and Health Survey, Ghana Statistical Service, GDHS, 2008)
^cBased on rural census enumeration areas only and excluding two research districts of the Navrongo Health Research Centre, Kassena-Nankana East and West.
^dAmong currently married women

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