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YEAR: 1993

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Recent trends in contraceptive behavior.

AUTHORS

Weinberger MB

SOURCE

In: Readings in population research methodology. Volume 7. Contraception and

family planning, edited by Donald J. Bogue, Eduardo E. Arriaga, Douglas L.

Anderton, George W. Rumsey. Chicago, Illinois, Social Development Center,

ABSTRACT

National surveys measuring contraceptive prevalence for 105 countries containing over 85% of the world's population

were analyzed. During 1960-65 and 1985-90, the United Nations estimated that the total fertility rate in less

developed regions declined by 35% from 6.1 births per woman to 3.9. Contraceptive prevalence in developing

countries probably exceeded 50% in 1991. 53% of the world's couples were estimated to be using contraception,

according to 1987 data. The average use was estimated to be 31% in Northern Africa, but only 13% in Sub-Saharan

Africa. Among the developing regions, East Asia had by far the highest level of use at 72%. Levels below 10% were

recorded in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Yemen, compared to prevalence levels between 60 and 75% in Singapore,

Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Turkey. In Latin America the average prevalence was estimated to be 57%. Female

sterilization accounted for around 30% of total global contraceptive use and 37% of use in the less developed

countries. Male sterilization accounted for around 10% of all contraceptive use in Asia. The oral pill accounted for

20% in the more developed regions, 28% in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa, and 50% in Northern Africa.

Injectables accounted for only 2% for developing countries, and in much of Sub-Saharan Africa it accounted for 16%.

The IUD accounted for one fifth of contraceptive use worldwide. In China, IUDs still account for around 40%. Ten

to 11% of contraceptive users in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa, and 25% of users in Northern Africa, used

IUDs. Condoms were used by 13% of couples in developed countries, compared to 3% in developing countries. The

rhythm and withdrawal combined accounted for under 10% in the less developed regions, but they contributed 15-

20% in Latin America and in sub-Saharan Africa. During the late 1970s and the late 1980s, contraceptive prevalence

grew by at least one percentage point per year in 64% of the developing countries, particularly in urban areas among

more educated women. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 4591-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Recent trends in contraceptive behavior.", is(are)

Weinberger MB. The source of this article is "In: Readings in population research methodology. Volume 7.

Contraception and family planning, edited by Donald J. Bogue, Eduardo E. Arriaga, Douglas L. Anderton, George W.

Rumsey. Chicago, Illinois, Social Development Center, 1993. :25-28 - 25-40.". This article was published in 1993 in

English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 4591-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN:

9591

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