FIGURE 1. Contraceptive use varies widely in the 52 developing countries.

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1 FIGURE. Contraceptive use varies widely in the 2 developing countries. Timor-Leste Tajikistan Pakistan Kyrgyz Republic Nepal Cambodia Azerbaijan Armenia India Bangladesh Jordan Indonesia Guinea Mali Senegal Niger Comoros (DRC) Burundi Ethiopia Sao Tome & Principe Egypt Modern method Traditional method % of married women aged - using a contraceptive method 2 2

2 FIGURE 2. Married women can be classified as having met need, unmet need or no need for contraception. Unmet Need (not using a method) Met Need (using any method) No need Indonesia Jordan Bangladesh Armenia India Azerbaijan Cambodia Kyrgyz Republic Pakistan Tajikistan Nepal Timor Leste Egypt Niger Guinea Mali Ethiopia (DRC) Senegal Comoros Burundi Sao Tome & Principe % distribution of married women aged Note: "Met need" refers to women who want to avoid a pregnancy and are using a method, and "no need" refers to women who are not fecund, pregnant with an intended pregnancy, or want to have a child soon.

3 FIGURE. Married women rarely have an unmet need for contraception to delay their first birth. 2 2 Indonesia Jordan Bangladesh Armenia India Azerbaijan Cambodia Kyrgyz Republic Pakistan Tajikistan Nepal Timor-Leste Egypt Niger Guinea Mali Ethiopia (DRC) Senegal Comoros Burundi Sao Tome & Principe % of married women aged - who have an umet need: for delaying first birth for spacing births for limiting births

4 FIGURE. Married women across all age groups have an unmet need for contraception. % of married women aged with unmet need Asia Africa 2 2 Note: The value of each bar is an unweighted regional average of countries in Asia and countries in Africa.

5 FIGURE. In most countries where data are available, significant proportions of never married women aged are sexually active DRC % of never married women who have had sexual intercourse in the past three months

6 FIGURE. Sexually active never-married women have a greater need for contraception than do married women. Unmet Need Met Need No Need % distribution of sexually active never-married women aged (DRC) 2 2 Note: "Met need" refers to women who want to avoid a pregnancy and are using a method, and "no need" refers to women who are not fecund, are pregnant with an intended pregnancy, or want to have a child soon.

7 FIGURE. Single, sexually active women are most likely to have an unmet need for contraception to delay their first birth. (DRC) % of never married, sexually active women aged with an unmet need: for delaying first birth for spacing births for limiting births

8 FIGURE. In developing countries, married women's reasons for not using contraception commonly fall in four categories. 2 Unaware of methods Cost too high Subfecund* No source/ access Breastfeeding/ postpartum amenorrhea Opposed (self or others) Infrequent or no sex Side effects/ health risks** % of married women with unmet need citing specific reason for nonuse Note: The value for each bar is an unweighted average of responses in 2 countries. *Respondent reported subfecund or infecund **Includes a small proportion of women citing inconveniece of use of method

9 FIGURE. Women's reasons for not using contraception differ somewhat between Africa and Asia. % of married women with unmet need citing specific reason for nonuse Unaware of methods Cost too high Asia No source/ Subfecund* access Breastfeeding/ postpartum amenorrhea Africa Opposed (self or others) Infrequent or no sex Side effects/ health risks** Notes: The value for each bar is an unweighted average of responses in countries in Asia and countries in Africa. *Respondent reported subfecund or infecund **Includes a small proportion of women citing inconveniece of use of method

10 FIGURE. Infrequent or no sex is commonly cited in some countries as a reason for not using contraception. Timor Leste Kyrgyz Republic Indonesia India Tajikistan Azerbaijan Jordan Pakistan Cambodia Armenia Bangladesh Nepal Ethiopia Burundi Comoros Mali Guinea Sao Tome & Principe Senegal (DRC) Niger Egypt % of married women with unmet need aged citing infrequent/no sex as a reason for nonuse

11 FIGURE. In all countries surveyed, some proportion of married women with unmet need is not sexually active. 2 2 Timor-Leste Cambodia Jordan Kyrgyzstan Indonesia Azerbaijan Pakistan India Tajikistan Armenia Bangladesh Nepal Burundi San Tome & Principe Ethiopia Comoros (DRC) Mali Niger Senegal Guinea % of married women with unmet need aged - who have not had intercourse in the past three months

12 FIGURE 2. Breastfeeding and postpartum amenorrhea is more commonly cited as a reason for nonuse in Africa than in other regions. 2 Azerbaijan Indonesia Armenia Nepal Jordan Timor-Leste Cambodia Pakistan Bangladesh India Tajikistan Kyrgyz Republic Egypt Sao Tome & Principe Comoros Mali Niger Senegal Ethiopia Burundi (DRC) Guinea % of married women with unmet need aged - citing breastfeeding or postpartum amenorrhea as a reason for nonuse

13 FIGURE. Some married women say that they or someone close to them opposes contraception. Indonesia Nepal Bangladesh Jordan Azerbaijan Cambodia Armenia Kyrgyz Republic India Tajikistan Pakistan Timor Leste 2 Egypt Sao Tome & Principe Comoros Ethiopia Guinea (DRC) Senegal Niger Burundi Mali % of married women with unmet need aged citing opposition (self or other) as a reason for nonuse

14 FIGURE. Concerns about side effects or health risks are a common reason for nonuse in all three major regions. 2 2 Armenia Nepal Tajikistan Bangladesh India Kyrgyz Republic Pakistan Azerbaijan Timor-Leste Jordan Indonesia Cambodia 2 2 Mali Niger Guinea Senegal Burundi (DRC) Ethiopia Comoros Egypt Sao Tome & Principe % of married women with unmet need aged - citing side effect or health concerns as a reason for nonuse

15 FIGURE. Never married women commonly cite infrequent sex as a reason for not using contraception. (DRC) % of never married women with unmet need citing infrequent sex a reason for nonuse

16 FIGURE. Many never-married women with unmet need cite not being married as a reason for nonuse. 2 (DRC) % of never-married women with unmet need citing "not married" as a reason for nonuse

17 FIGURE. Some never-married women with unmet need say they are opposed to contraception. 2 (DRC) % of never-married women with unmet need citing opposition (self or other) as a reason for nonuse

18 FIGURE. Side effects or concerns about health risks are a common reason for nonuse among never married women with unmet need. 2 (DRC) % of never married women with unmet need citing side effects or health risks as a reason for nonuse