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<p><u><strong>Short Name</strong></u><br>
Contraceptive prevalence rate, married or in union women<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Full Name</strong></u><br>
Percentage of currently married or in union women aged 15 to 49 who are currently using, or whose sexual partner is using, at least one method of contraception, regardless of the method used<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Domain</strong></u><br>
Family planning<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Sub-domain</strong></u><br>
Contraceptive use<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Tags</strong></u><br>
End unmet need for family planning, Montevideo Consensus<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Definition</strong></u><br>
Proportion of married or in union women aged 15 to 49 who are currently using, or whose sexual partner is currently using, at least one method of contraception, regardless of the method being used.<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Method of Calculation</strong></u><br>
<br><em>Numerator:</em><br> Number of married or in union women aged 15 to 49 years using a modern method of contraception or a traditional method of contraception.
<br><em>Denominator:</em><br> Number of women aged 15 to 49 years who are currently married or in union.
<br><em>Calculation:</em><br> Numerator divided by the denominator, expressed as a percentage.
Modern methods of contraception include female and male sterilization, intra-uterine devices (IUD), implants, injectables, oral contraceptive pills, male and female condoms, vaginal barrier methods (including the diaphragm, cervical cap and spermicidal foam, jelly, cream and sponge), the lactational amenorrhea method (LAM), emergency contraception and other modern methods not reported separately (e.g., the contraceptive patch or vaginal ring). Traditional methods of contraception include rhythm (e.g., fertility awareness-based methods, periodic abstinence), withdrawal and other traditional methods not reported separately.
<br><em>Data source specific method of calculation:</em><br>
<br><strong>Global database:</strong><br> Proportion of women who are currently using, or whose sexual partner is currently using, at least one method of contraception, regardless of the method being used. It is reported as a percentage of the women of the respective marital status and age group. A Bayesian hierarchical model was used to estimate and project contraceptive prevalence and the unmet need for family planning among women aged 15 to 49 years years. The model allows an assessment of uncertainty in the estimates based on the availability and quality of input data: they allow for greater precision in cases where more and better data is available and indicate the degree of uncertainty in situations where which the data are insufficient or are from sources more susceptible to systematic differences as captured by the biases assigned to each survey-based data point.<br />
Estimates are based on all married or in union women aged 15 to 49 years.<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Expected Frequency of Data Dissemination</strong></u><br>
Annual<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Geospatial Dimension Availability</strong></u><br>
Country (geolev0), Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs), Least Developed Countries (LDCs), SDG Regions, SDG Sub-Regions, Small island developing States (SIDS), Sub-national level 1 (geolev1), UNFPA Regions, World<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Time Dimension Availability</strong></u><br>
1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Disaggregation Dimension Availability</strong></u><br>
Age group: <em>15 to 19 years old, 15 to 24 years old, 15 to 49 years old, 20 to 24 years old, 20 to 29 years old, 25 to 29 years old, 25 to 34 years old, 30 to 34 years old, 30 to 39 years old, 35 to 39 years old, 35 to 49 years old, 40 to 44 years old, 40 to 49 years old, 45 to 49 years old</em><br>Education level: <em>Higher, No education, No education or primary education, Primary education, Secondary education, Secondary education or higher</em><br>Marital status: <em>Currently married or living together</em><br>Number of decisions woman has final say: <em>Three or more decisions woman has final say, Woman has no final say</em><br>Number of living children: <em>0, 1-2, 3-4, 5+</em><br>Number of reasons for which wife-beating is justified: <em>0, 1-2, 3-4, 5</em><br>Place of residence: <em>Rural, Urban</em><br>Sex: <em>Female</em><br>Wealth index: <em>Middle, Poorer, Poorest, Richer, Richest</em><br></p>
<p><u><strong>References</strong></u><br>
World Contraceptive Use 2022 and Estimates and Projections of Family Planning Indicators 2022 Methodology Report: <a href="https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pdf/files/undesa_pd_2022_wcu_fp-indicators_documentation.pdf">Link</a><br></p> |