Table D. Current Contraceptive Use Among Married Women Ages 15-49 by Women's Characteristics, 1990-2001
Region, Country & Year % Using Any Methoda
Residence Highest Education Level Age Number of
Living Children
Urban Rural None Any Primary Secondary
or Higher		 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 0 1 2 3 4+
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Benin 1996 19 15 13 29 37 9 19 17 17 19 17 11 3 19 18 18 17
Benin 2000 21 17 16 20 39 8 18 19 20 21 19 17 4 17 19 21 21
Burkina Faso 1993 32 23 5 20 49 14 25 29 33 25 22 17 9 22 28 26 30
Burkina Faso 1998-99 29 9 10 23 52 8 13 13 15 14 10 5 4 13 13 12 13
Cameroon 1991 25 11 5 17 43 18 17 17 14 17 17 9 15 14 15 16 18
Cameroon 1998 35 13 3 20 42 15 17 20 19 24 23 16 17 15 17 17 24
Cape Verde 1998 70 38 44 51 76b 34 50 54 58 56 56 36 26 53 55 57c 52d
Central African Rep. 1994-95 19 12 10 17 34 13 19 18 17 12 10 5 4 15 16 18 19
Chad 1996-97 9 3 3 8 24 3 4 6 5 4 3 1 2 4 5 5 4
Comoros 1996 26 19 17 26 35 11 23 23 21 23 21 14 9 17 18 27 24
Côte d'Ivoire 1994 19 7 5 20 39 9 14 12 14 12 9 5 10 12 12 13 11
Côte d'Ivoire 1998-99 24 10 8 25 40 11 14 18 16 13 22 8 12 12 19 13 17
Eritrea 1995 19 5 4 14 36 3 10 9 9 11 9 3 1 7 11 9 9
Ethiopia 2000 36 4 5 16 45 4 8 10 9 11 8 4 4 7 8 10 9
Gabon 2000 37 21 9 22 44 40 37 38 35 29 23 16 26 33 34 38 32
Ghana 1993 31 15 8 26 48 13 17 21 21 26 23 14 10 16 21 26 22
Ghana 1998 30 18 13 20 29 19 21 22 25 26 19 16 16 20 19 26 24
Guinea 1999 14 3 4 13 27 3 6 6 7 8 7 6 5 4 6 6 8
Kenya 1993 43 31 20 31 52 10 24 37 40 36 37 30 6 26 31 37 38
Kenya 1998 50 36 23 35 57 18 31 40 46 47 44 31 12 31 45 40 43
Madagascar 1992 40 12 3 12 41 6 13 18 22 21 18 11 7 13 20 21 18
Madagascar 1997 35 14 3 16 42 6 16 20 24 26 22 16 4 14 23 26 22
Malawi 1992 23 12 10 14 43 7 12 15 16 16 13 7 3 11 11 15 18
Malawi 1996 34 16 16 24 56 10 19 16 23 23 18 16 3 17 23 23 30
Malawi 2000 41 29 26 31 45 15 26 35 36 37 38 26 4 23 29 34 43
Mali 1995-96 16 3 4 16 41 5 6 6 9 8 8 3 3 6 6 8 8
Mali 2001 18 5 6 13 33 5 7 9 10 11 8 6 3 6 9 8 10
Mauritius 1991e 78 72 78f 74g 74b 46 66 72 80 81 73 NA 21 65 85 84 82h
Mozambique 1997 18 3 3 7 30 1 5 5 6 9 8 8 0 3 4 7 10
Namibia 1992 48 17 17 21 48 21 31 32 29 33 24 25 11 29 38 36 26
Niger 1992 16 3 4 12 34 2 5 5 5 5 3 2 0 4 5 5 6
Niger 1998 23 6 6 18 40 6 10 9 10 9 6 2 0 9 9 10 10
Nigeria 1990 15 4 2 10 24 1 5 6 7 9 8 5 4 4 4 5 9
Rwanda 1992 28 21 18 22 37 11 14 17 25 22 31 20 1 11 20 21 28
Rwanda 2000 25 10 8 12 34 4 9 12 12 13 14 14 2 10 14 17 16
Senegal 1992-93 16 3 4 20 37 2 5 8 9 9 10 6 2 4 7 7 10
Senegal 1997 24 7 8 22 43 6 9 13 15 17 17 10 1 10 15 13 16
South Africa 1998 64 45 33 47 65 49 54 60 61 59 55 43 27 46 63 68 58
Tanzania 1991-92 18 8 4 14 42 5 10 10 14 13 11 7 2 10 12 11 12
Tanzania 1996 33 15 8 23 45 7 18 20 20 21 22 13 1 16 20 22 22
Tanzania 1999 37 22 16 29 44 11 28 25 30 28 31 17 2 26 27 29 30
Togo 1998 27 22 21 25 34 15 24 24 26 22 27 18 6 20 25 27 26
Uganda 1995 34 12 8 15 38 10 12 13 21 19 18 16 5 10 16 14 20
Uganda 2000-01 46 19 13 21 49 12 21 24 27 26 27 18 4 18 21 27 27
Zambia 1992 21 10 8 13 31 9 13 15 18 23 17 9 1 12 16 15 20
Zambia 1996 33 21 17 23 40 17 25 28 28 31 30 18 2 21 27 33 32
Zimbabwe 1994 58 44 33 46 58 31 50 58 52 50 45 28 7 47 58 53 52
Zimbabwe 1999 63 48 41 49 61 42 54 61 58 57 46 39 8 58 62 61 57
NEAR EAST & NORTH AFRICA
Egypt 1992 57 38 38 56 56 13 30 46 59 60 56 35 1 32 53 59 54
Egypt 1995 56 41 41 51 55 16 33 48 58 61 59 33 1 32 54 65 54
Egypt 2000 61 52 52 58 60 23 43 57 67 68 63 42 0 42 66 69 62
Jordan 1990 44 29 32 43 42 12 28 37 49 52 52 34 1 23 38 46 48
Jordan 1997 54 45 37 49 55 19 37 52 58 63 64 48 1 27 52 62 64
Mauritania 2000-01 16 3 4 11 23 5 7 8 10 12 6 3 1 7 8 12 10
Morocco 1992 55 32 36 57 65 23 35 40 45 48 47 35 6 39 47 50 47
Turkey 1993 66 56 48 66 72 24 51 68 77 77 61 42 9 58 78 73 60
Turkey 1998 67 58 48 66 73 34 53 67 74 76 70 41 18 60 78 76 59
Yemen 1991-92 28 6 7 25 42 5 9 11 12 13 9 5 1 8 9 10 12
Yemen 1997 36 16 18 32 38 9 19 24 25 26 22 15 1 16 23 24 25
ASIA
Bangladesh 1993-94i 55 44 41 46 56 25 38 51 57 59 52 29 13 35 50 58 52
Bangladesh 1996-97i 62 48 46 52 57 33 43 53 63 64 55 35 17 43 58 60 55
Bangladesh 1999-2000i 60 53 51 54 59 38 47 58 64 68 62 43 20 49 61 65 59
Cambodia 2000 33 22 19 23 35 9 16 23 31 31 27 10 3 15 28 31 26
India 1992-93j 51 37 34 51 53 7 21 42 56 61 56 46 4 19 46 59 52
India 1998-99 58 45 42 54 56 8 26 49 63 67 65 57 5 24 58 68 57
Indonesia 1991 56 47 37 50 59 30 51 54 57 58 48 27 8 48 60 59 52
Indonesia 1994 60 53 40 55 63 36 56 60 61 60 53 33 9 54 65 65 53
Indonesia 1997 60 57 44 58 62 45 61 62 64 61 56 34 9 59 69 67 54
Nepal 1996 50 27 26 31 44 7 16 31 39 43 41 28 3 12 31 40 39
Nepal 2001 62 37 37 42 51 12 23 40 54 56 52 40 7 20 43 55 49
Pakistan 1990-91 26 6 8 18 35 3 6 10 13 20 16 12 0 3 11 11 18
Philippines 1993 43 37 11 35 45 17 32 39 46 48 43 27 2 27 44 52 43
Philippines 1998 52 44 17 42 52 22 40 51 53 55 49 34 3 37 53 60 51
Vietnam 1997 79 74 53 70 79 18 55 73 85 88 82 64 8 66 85 86 79
LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
Belize 1991e 55 33 40 49g 59 26 37 46 54 55 56 NA 14 34 53 52c 52d
Belize 1999 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Bolivia 1994 55 31 23 39 61 30 39 51 54 50 46 25 17 44 53 56 41
Bolivia 1998 58 30 19 40 64 31 43 53 53 56 52 29 21 50 55 57 44
Brazil 1996 79 69 64 72 82 54 66 78 84 83 79 69 38 72 83 88 77
Colombia 1990 69 59 53 63 71 37 54 67 75 77 74 54 20 63 72 77 71
Colombia 1995 74 67 58 70 75 51 61 72 78 82 79 64 26 66 79 83 78
Colombia 2000 78 75 73 77 77 57 69 77 80 84 83 71 29 70 83 88 83
Costa Rica 1992 76 73 68 75g 78 53 66 76 79 82 80 65 33 66 80 85c 70d
Dominican Rep. 1991 60 50 42 55 61 17 43 55 66 71 69 55 13 40 57 74 68
Dominican Rep. 1996 66 60 53 65 65 35 48 64 72 74 72 70 18 42 65 80 80
Ecuador 1994 66 44 26 55g 74k 27 49 61 65 66 59 49 16 52 64 69c 50d
Ecuador 1999 71 58 46 61 79k 37 57 67 75 76 69 56 22 62 72 76c 61d
El Salvador 1993 62 43 43 55g 68 23 40 58 66 67 56 * 10 43 60 70c 45d
El Salvador 1998 68 51 50 62g 70 33 48 59 69 71 70 * 14 50 66 73c 51d
Guatemala 1995 49 20 14 33 63 12 23 31 39 41 38 26 7 24 38 48 28
Guatemala 1998-99 52 28 19 38 68 15 26 39 51 51 44 31 10 35 44 56 34
Haiti 1994-95 27 13 11 20 34 11 16 20 22 20 18 12 10 16 18 20 21
Haiti 2000 30 27 22 29 39 16 32 31 32 32 24 16 11 24 33 33 31
Honduras 1996 61 40 35 55g 61k 28 39 54 58 58 56 * 12 43 54 64c 48d
Honduras 2001 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Jamaica 1993 64 61 NA 59l 67k 59 61 60 65 63 64 NA 57 60 56 67m
Jamaica 1997 65 65 NA 63l 68k 59 67 68 69 66 68 55 56 63 69 71m
Nicaragua 1992-93 61 33 29 57g 69 23 42 53 58 61 56 39 19 44 56 60c 46d
Nicaragua 1998 66 51 46 59 71 40 54 65 69 70 64 48 24 55 68 71 63
Nicaragua 2001 66 51 52 72 73 77 88 90 92 90 87 81 30 70 78c 67d
Paraguay 1990 57 39 28 43 62 35 42 52 54 55 50 35 21 43 58 60 46
Paraguay 1995-96 56 45 33 51g 64b 37 49 56 57 58 48 26 25 51 60 59c 43d
Paraguay 1998e 65 49 37 54g 69b 42 57 56 58 65 56 NA 25 61 69 68c 47d
Peru 1991-92 66 41 36 51 68 29 49 60 67 70 64 43 23 59 67 66 56
Peru 1996 70 51 38 59 72 46 59 68 71 73 67 41 28 64 72 71 62
Peru 2000 73 62 50 64 75 52 65 72 76 75 72 49 34 66 76 77 66
Puerto Rico 1996 NA NA 76n 77k 61 63 77 84 83 82 78 32 65 84 91c 85d
EASTERN EUROPE & CENTRAL ASIA
Armenia 2000 59 63 NA 37 61 26 55 70 71 71 59 39 5 51 69 65 53
Azerbaijan 2001e 54 57 51n 49k 14 45 57 62 61 53 NA 3 46 62 63 68
Czech Republic 1993e 72 64 57l 75k 51 60 71 78 71 65 NA 29 64 75 76m
Georgia 1999e 43 37 25n 45k 15 33 43 47 47 35 NA 5 34 49 41m
Kazakhstan 1995 62 56 NA 52k 64k 32 47 61 72 70 63 33 14 51 69 71 57
Kazakhstan 1999 67 65 NA 63k 71k 39 53 65 72 77 72 50 19 66 73 70 68
Kyrgyz Republic 1997 66 57 NA 58k 64k 29 49 57 70 70 64 46 20 46 67 68 66
Moldova 1997e 75 73 68n 76k 48 67 73 78 80 70 NA 23 70 84 81m
Romania 1993e 59 55 47n 71k 40 53 66 69 57 44 NA 32 60 67 49m
Romania 1999e 65 62 51n 71k 46 62 68 72 65 54 NA 38 69 73 54m
Turkmenistan 2000 62 61 NA 60k 68k 27 53 62 70 74 68 38 5 48 70 75 67
Ukraine 1999e 69 63 56n 76k 47 63 72 72 71 61 NA 34 69 75 63m
Uzbekistan 1996 56 55 NA 53k 58k 16 36 55 69 75 64 42 6 35 63 65 69
NA: not available
a Any method includes all contraceptive methods, except for the following: prolonged abstinence, folkloric (gris-gris, charms, etc.), and lactational amenorrhea.
b Any secondary or higher.
c 3-4 living children.
d 5 or more living children.
e Women ages 15-44.
f None or incomplete primary.
g Primary completed.
h 4 living children.
i Women ages 10-49.
j Women ages 13-49.
k Post-secondary.
l None or any primary.
m 3 or more living children.
n None through incomplete secondary.

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