Tables

Table 1. Men's Knowledge of Family Planning Methods
Table 2. Men's Approval of Family Planning
Table 3. Men's and Women's Fertility Preferences
Table 4. Use of Family Planning Methods Involving Men's Cooperation
Table 5. Current Method Use: What Men Say


Table 1.
Men's Knowledge of Family Planning Methods
Selected Demographic and Health Surveys, 1987–1997
  % of Currently Married Men Who Know of:
Region, Country & Year Any Method Any Modern Method Pill IUD Inject-
ables		 Vaginal Methods Condom Sterilization Implants Periodic Absti-
nence		 With-
drawal
Female Male
WEST AFRICA
Burkina Faso 1992–93
84
80
54
37
54
22
73
49
19
1
50
26
Cameroon 1991
74
65
44
26
34
17
50
47
10
—
48
39
Central African Rep. 1994–95
96
92
42
12
26
12
89
67
50
3
54
45
Cτte d'Ivoire 1994
87
85
56
26
52
24
82
48
20
6
61
46
Ghana 1993
94
93
80
44
74
62
87
70
33
6
64
66
Mali 1995–96
88
86
67
36
55
17
81
71
23
13
63
49
Niger 1992
85
74
57
37
57
19
51
56
24
—
31
27
Senegal 1997
90
79
61
38
37
12
68
37
8
12
27
28
EAST AFRICA
Burundi 1987
92
75
48
20
61
8
35
24
10
—
74
38
Kenya 1993
99
97
94
71
88
34
93
88
56
14
88
43
Malawi 1996
100
100
92
55
89
37
99
88
54
18
71
65
Rwanda 1992
98
97
91
62
92
30
94
80
58
34
89
81
Tanzania 1996
93
93
82
44
67
43
90
75
43
21
56
53
Uganda 1995
98
95
85
23
65
18
90
71
28
8
79
12
Zimbabwe 1994
100
100
99
66
81
31
99
84
53
16
66
83
NORTH AFRICA
Egypt 1992
97
97
96
95
66
30
69
64
25
35
38
47
Morocco 1992
98
97
98
74
47
14
80
78
9
—
58
51
ASIA
Bangladesh 1996–97
100
100
100
68
93
0
97
99
90
14
70
49
Pakistan 1990–91
79
78
55
29
50
13
59
66
32
—
39
40
LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
Brazil 1996
100
100
99
54
63
35
99
93
77
11
72
69
Haiti 1994–95
100
99
93
37
90
18
96
83
49
50
76
91
— = Implants not available in country at time of survey
* Both spontaneous and prompted responses
Sources: Ezeh et al. (76), Demographic and Health Surveys

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Table 2.
Men's Approval of Family Planning
Selected Demographic and Health Surveys, 1987–1997
  % of Currently Married Men Who Approve of Contraceptive Use by:
   Residence Education
Region, Country & Year Total Urban Rural None Primary Secondary
or Higher
WEST AFRICA
Burkina Faso 1992–93
65
73
63
61
75
90
Cameroon 1991
48
65
37
20
50
75
Ghana 1993
90
91
90
80
92
98
Niger 1992
61
67
60
59
70
85
Senegal 1997
52
64
41
35
67
84
EAST AFRICA
Burundi 1987
91
95
90
88
88
98
Kenya 1993
90
91
89
70
89
96
Rwanda 1992
93
91
93
93
93
91
NORTH AFRICA
Egypt 1992
87
90
84
82
87
89
Morocco 1992
92
94
91
89
95
100
ASIA
Bangladesh 1996–97
92
96
91
91
92
96
Pakistan 1990–91
72
78
69
61
60
83
Sources: Ezeh et al. (76), Demographic and Health Surveys

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Table 3.
Men's and Women's Fertility Preferences
Currently Married Men and Women,
Selected Demographic and Health Surveys, 1990–1997
  % Who Want No More Children
Region, Country & Year Men Women
WEST AFRICA
Burkina Faso 1992–93
27
23
Cameroon 1991
14
23
Central African Rep. 1994–95
14
21
Cτte d'Ivoire 1994
10
21
Ghana 1993
32
38
Mali 1995–96
7
18
Niger 1992
4
13
Senegal 1997
9
23
EAST AFRICA
Kenya 1993
48
52
Malawi 1996
33
32
Rwanda 1992
40
39
Tanzania 1996
13
26
Uganda 1995
21
31
Zimbabwe 1994
37
43
NORTH AFRICA
Egypt 1992
61
69
Morocco 1992
57
54
ASIA
Bangladesh 1996–97
49
49
Pakistan 1990–91
36
43
LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
Brazil 1996
76
73
Haiti 1994–95
47
58
Sources: Ezeh et al. (76), Demographic and Health Surveys

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Table 4.
Use of Family Planning Methods Involving Men's Cooperation
Estimated Used Among Married Women of Reproductive Age (MWRA), Selected Surveys, 1987–1997
  % of MWRA
Region, Country & Year Any Method* Condoms Vasectomy Withdrawal Periodic Abstinence
AFRICA
Benin 1981–82
            1996
9.2
16.4
0.1
0.7
0.0
NA
2.5
5.2
1.3
6.6
Botswana 1984
                   1988
27.8
33.0
1.2
1.3
0.0
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.2
Burkina Faso 1993
7.9
0.8
NA
0.0
3.5
Burundi 1987
8.7
0.1
NA
0.7
4.8
Cameroon 1978
                    1991
2.4
16.1
0.2
0.9
NA
NA
0.4
1.5
1.1
6.8
Central African Rep. 1994–95
14.8
1.0
NA
0.5
4.9
Comoros 1996
21.0
1.0
NA
5.4
3.3
Cτte d'Iviore 1980–81
                         1994
2.9
11.4
0.0
0.7
0.0
NA
0.1
NA
0.3
6.0
Eritrea 1995
8.0
0.3
NA
0.2
0.8
Gambia 1993
11.8
0.4
NA
NA
3.1
Ghana 1988
             1993
12.9
20.3
0.3
2.2
0.0
NA
0.9
2.1
6.2
7.5
Kenya 1988–89
            1993
26.9
32.7
0.5
0.8
0.0
NA
0.2
0.4
7.5
4.2
Liberia 1986
6.4
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.6
Madagascar 1992
16.7
0.5
NA
2.1
9.0
Malawi 1992
               1996
13.0
21.9
1.6
1.6
0.0
NA
1.5
1.9
2.2
2.0
Mali 1987
          1995–96
4.7
6.7
0.0
0.4
0.0
NA
0.1
0.1
1.3
1.6
Mauritius 1991
79.5
13.3
0.2
16.1
9.2
Mozambique 1997
5.6
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.1
Namibia 1992
28.9
0.3
0.2
0.3
0.7
Niger 1992
4.4
0.0
NA
0.0
0.1
Nigeria 1981–82
               1990
4.8
6.0
0.0
0.4
NA
NA
0.1
0.5
0.3
1.4
Rwanda 1983
                1992
10.1
21.2
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
1.5
3.1
7.7
5.1
Senegal 1997
12.9
0.6
NA
0.2
1.1
Sudan 1978–79
             1989–90
4.6
8.7
0.1
0.1
0.0
NA
0.1
0.3
0.5
2.2
Tanzania 1996
18.4
0.8
NA
2.6
2.0
Togo 1988
33.9
0.4
NA
2.3
6.4
Uganda 1988–89
               1995
4.9
14.8
0.0
0.8
0.0
NA
0.3
0.6
1.6
3.5
Zambia 1992
               1996
15.2
25.9
1.8
3.5
0.0
0.0
3.0
4.5
0.9
1.9
Zimbabwe 1988–89
                    1994
43.1
48.1
1.2
2.3
0.2
0.2
5.1
4.2
0.3
0.1
ASIA & PACIFIC
Bangladesh 1993–94
                       1996–97
44.6
49.2
3.0
3.9
1.1
1.1
2.5
1.9
4.8
5.0
China 1988
            1992
72.1
83.0
1.9
2.0
7.9
10.0
0.1
NA
0.5
NA
India 1988
           1992–93
43.0
40.7
5.2
2.4
NA
3.5
NA
1.4
NA
2.6
Indonesia 1991
                   1994
49.7
54.7
0.8
0.9
0.6
0.7
0.7
0.8
1.1
1.1
Malaysia 1984
                  1988
51.4
48.3
7.7
5.6
0.2
NA
5.9
4.2
10.0
7.0
Nepal 1991
            1996
22.7
28.5
0.6
1.9
6.8
5.4
0.4
1.4
0.5
0.9
Pakistan 1984–85
                 1990–91
7.6
11.8
1.7
2.7
0.0
0.0
0.7
1.2
0.1
1.3
Philippines 1986
                      1993
43.6
40.0
0.7
1.0
NA
0.4
8.7
7.4
8.5
7.3
Rep. of Korea 1991
79.0
10.0
12.0
NA
NA
Sri Lanka 1982
                   1987
54.9
61.7
3.2
1.9
3.7
NA
4.7
3.4
13.0
14.9
Thailand 1987
65.5
1.1
5.7
0.9
0.9
Vietnam 1988
                1994
53.2
65.0
1.2
4.0
0.3
0.2
7.0
11.2
8.1
9.8
LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
Belize 1991
46.7
1.9
NA
NA
2.5
Bolivia 1989
              1994
30.3
45.3
0.3
1.3
0.0
NA
1.0
1.7
16.1
22.0
Brazil 1986
            1996
65.8
76.7
1.7
4.4
0.8
2.6
5.0
3.1
4.3
3.0
Colombia 1990
                   1995
66.1
72.2
2.9
4.3
0.5
0.7
4.8
5.8
6.1
5.2
Costa Rica 1986
                     1993
70.8
75.0
13.7
15.7
0.6
1.3
3.1
3.3
8.1
6.9
Dominican Rep. 1996
63.7
1.4
0.1
1.9
1.8
Ecuador 1987
                 1989
44.3
52.9
0.6
1.3
0.0
0.2
2.0
2.5
6.1
8.8
El Salvador 1988
                       1993
47.1
53.3
2.4
2.1
0.6
0.4
1.0
2.0
2.4
3.0
Guatemala 1987
                     1995
23.2
31.4
1.2
2.2
0.9
1.5
1.2
0.9
2.8
3.6
Haiti 1989
          1994–95
10.2
18.0
0.5
2.6
0.0
NA
0.4
2.4
0.4
2.0
Jamaica 1989
                1993
54.6
62.0
8.6
16.9
0.1
NA
2.4
2.9
1.0
0.7
Mexico 1982
               1987
47.7
52.7
0.9
1.9
0.3
0.8
0.4
3.5
3.8
4.4
Nicaragua 1981
                    1992–93
27.0
48.7
0.8
2.6
0.1
0.3
0.4
1.1
1.0
2.6
Panama 1984
58.2
1.6
0.4
1.4
2.3
Paraguay 1990
51.6
2.6
0.0
2.9
3.3
Peru 1991–92
         1996
59.0
64.2
2.8
4.4
0.1
0.2
3.9
3.2
20.7
18.0
Trinidad & Tobago 1987
52.7
11.8
0.2
5.3
2.6
NEAR EAST & NORTH AFRICA
Egypt 1988–89
            1995
36.7
47.9
2.4
1.4
0.0
NA
0.5
0.5
0.6
0.8
Jordan 1983
              1990
26.0
35.0
0.6
0.8
0.0
0.0
2.4
4.0
2.9
3.9
Morocco 1987
                  1995
35.9
50.3
0.5
1.4
0.0
NA
3.1
2.8
2.3
4.6
Tunisia 1983
               1988
41.1
49.8
1.3
1.3
0.0
NA
1.8
2.4
4.4
6.3
Turkey 1988
              1993
63.3
62.6
7.2
6.6
0.1
0.0
25.7
26.2
3.5
1.0
Yemen 1991–92
             1997
9.7
20.8
0.1
0.3
0.1
0.1
0.6
1.7
0.0
1.1
EASTERN EUROPE & CENTRAL ASIAN REPUBLICS
Belarus 1995
50.2
5.0
NA
NA
NA
Czech Republic 1993
68.9
16.7
NA
22.2
NA
Kazakhstan 1995
59.1
3.7
NA
3.2
6.5
Kyrgyz Republic 1997
59.5
5.7
NA
6.0
NA
Latvia 1994
48.0
10.0
NA
NA
NA
Lithuania 1995
59.0
18.0
NA
NA
NA
Moldova 1997
74.0
6.0
NA
NA
NA
Romania 1993
57.3
4.0
NA
NA
NA
Slovakia 1991
74.0
21.0
NA
NA
NA
Uzbekistan 1996
55.6
1.7
NA
2.8
1.1
* Includes female-oriented methods as well as methods involving men's cooperation
NA = Not available
Sources: United Nations (250, 253) Abma et al. (3)

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Table 5.
Current Method Use: What Men Say
Selected Demographic and Health Surveys, 1990–1997
  % of Currently Married Men Reporting Contraceptive Use by Method
Region, Country & Year Not
Using
Any
Method		 Using
Any
Methoda		 Any
Modern
Methodb		 Pill IUD Condom Female
Sterili-
zation		 Other
Modern
Methodsc		 Periodic
Absti-
nence		 With-
drawal
WEST AFRICA
Burkina Faso 1992–93
88
12
7
2
1
4
0
0
5
0
Cameroon 1991
80
15
6
1
0
2
3
0
7
3
Central African Rep. 1994–95
76
24
4
1
0
3
1
0
9
1
Cτte d'Ivoire 1994
74
26
14
2
0
3
0
1
11
1
Ghana 1993
67
34
20
5
1
10
1
3
9
4
Mali 1995–96
82
18
8
4
0
4
1
0
7
1
Niger 1992
93
7
3
2
0
1
0
1
1
0
Senegal 1997
84
16
9
3
1
4
0
1
2
0
EAST AFRICA
Kenya 1993
46
54
32
11
3
7
5
6
20
1
Malawi 1996
75
40
21
5
0
7
3
7
13
3
Rwanda 1992
66
34
13
3
0
0
1
8d
18
4
Tanzania 1996
67
29
16
7
0
5
1
3
9
4
Uganda 1995
75
25
10
3
0
3
1
3
11
1
Zimbabwe 1994
40
60
55
43
1
6
1
3
1
3
NORTH AFRICA
Egypt 1992
50
50
47
14
30
2
1
1
1
1
Morocco 1992
61
39
35
28
2
1
3
0
3
1
ASIA
Bangladesh 1996–97
40
60
49
25
2
6
8
9
9
2
Pakistan 1990–91
85
15
10
1
1
4
4
1
3
2
LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
Brazil 1996
26
74
69
19
1
5
40
3
3
3
Haiti 1994–95
68
32
17
3
NA
6
3
4
9
7
NA = Not available
aIncludes other traditional methods not listed
bIncludes Pill, IUD, condom, female sterilization, and "other modern"
cOther modern methods include injectables, vaginal methods, vasectomy, and implants
d7.8% use injectables, making this the most widely used method in Rwanda
Sources: Ezeh et al. (76), Demographic and Health Surveys

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