Table 11. Contraceptive Use Among Young Men

Current Use of Contraceptive Methods Reported by Married and Unmarried Sexually Active Young Men, 1990-2003

Region, Country & Year
by Marital Status & Age
% Currently Using
Any
Method
OCsa Male
Condom
Other
Modern
Methodsb
Traditional
Methodsc
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Benin 1996
   Married 20-24 26 3 5 0 18
   Unmarried 15-19 NA NA NA NA NA
   Unmarried 20-24 64 0 42 0 22
Benin 2001
   Married 20-24 31 1 11 1 18
   Unmarried 15-19 58 2 41 0 16
   Unmarried 20-24 67 2 53 1 11
Burkina Faso 1993
   Married 20-24 14 0 8 0 6
   Unmarried 15-19 NA NA NA NA NA
   Unmarried 20-24 NA NA NA NA NA
Burkina Faso 1998-99
   Married 20-24 19 0 7 0 12
   Unmarried 15-19 42 0 39 0 3
   Unmarried 20-24 68 4 58 0 7
Cameroon 1991
   Married 20-24 (7) 0 0 0 (7)
   Unmarried 15-19 NA NA NA NA NA
   Unmarried 20-24 NA NA NA NA NA
Cameroon 1998
   Married 20-24 31 1 8 1 20
   Unmarried 15-19 62 1 37 0 24
   Unmarried 20-24 79 1 44 0 33
Cape Verde 1998d
   Married 20-24 42 19 11 8 5
   Unmarried 15-19 55 3 47 1 3
   Unmarried 20-24 72 14 51 3 4
Central African Rep. 1994-95
   Married 20-24 20 0 7 0 14
   Unmarried 15-19 24 0 16 0 8
   Unmarried 20-24 30 0 18 0 11
Chad 1996-97
   Married 20-24 18 1 5 0 11
   Unmarried 15-19 24 1 16 4 3
   Unmarried 20-24 18 2 10 0 6
Comoros 1996
   Married 20-24 * * * * *
   Unmarried 15-19 (28) 0 (28) 0 0
   Unmarried 20-24 (29) (3) (16) 0 (10)
Côte d'Ivoire 1994
   Married 20-24 28 2 12 0 15
   Unmarried 15-19 NA NA NA NA NA
   Unmarried 20-24 NA NA NA NA NA
Côte d'Ivoire 1998-99
   Married 20-24 (26) 0 (13) 0 (13)
   Unmarried 15-19 (62) (3) (50) 0 (9)
   Unmarried 20-24 70 10 48 0 12
Eritrea 1995
   Married 20-24 (12) (3) (3) 0 (5)
   Unmarried 15-19 * * * * *
   Unmarried 20-24 * * * * *
Ethiopia 2000
   Married 20-24 11 4 0 3 3
   Unmarried 15-19 * * * * *
   Unmarried 20-24 (23) (1) (19) (1) (2)
Gabon 2000
   Married 20-24 50 5 23 0 22
   Unmarried 15-19 75 3 59 0 14
   Unmarried 20-24 83 3 62 0 17
Ghana 1993
   Married 20-24 (35) (5) (21) (2) (7)
   Unmarried 15-19 (34) (3) (28) 0 (3)
   Unmarried 20-24 34 9 17 5 3
Ghana 1998
   Married 20-24 29 6 10 2 11
   Unmarried 15-19 * * * * *
   Unmarried 20-24 (68) (9) (53) 0 (6)
Guinea 1999
   Married 20-24 19 0 17 2 0
   Unmarried 15-19 41 1 36 0 4
   Unmarried 20-24 69 1 58 0 9
Kenya 1993
   Married 20-24 35 7 10 5 14
   Unmarried 15-19 NA NA NA NA NA
   Unmarried 20-24 55 2 35 0 18
Kenya 1998
   Married 20-24 45 3 12 5 24
   Unmarried 15-19 59 2 43 0 15
   Unmarried 20-24 71 2 51 0 18
Malawi 1992
   Married 20-24 16 1 8 1 7
   Unmarried 15-19 NA NA NA NA NA
   Unmarried 20-24 NA NA NA NA NA
Malawi 2000
   Married 20-24 21 3 10 6 3
   Unmarried 15-19 29 1 27 0 1
   Unmarried 20-24 39 0 38 0 1
Mali 1995-96
   Married 20-24 24 2 10 0 12
   Unmarried 15-19 (41) 0 (37) 0 (3)
   Unmarried 20-24 44 3 42 0 0
Mali 2001
   Married 20-24 13 0 9 0 4
   Unmarried 15-19 26 0 24 0 1
   Unmarried 20-24 44 2 40 0 1
Mozambique 1997
   Married 20-24 7 3 0 1 3
   Unmarried 15-19 11 2 8 0 2
   Unmarried 20-24 15 3 10 1 2
Mozambique 2001d
   Married 20-24 13 1 8 0 4
   Unmarried 15-24 30 1 27 0 2
Niger 1992
  Married 20-24 5 3 0 0 2
   Unmarried 15-19 NA NA NA NA NA
   Unmarried 20-24 NA NA NA NA NA
Niger 1998
   Married 20-24 9 3 3 0 3
   Unmarried 15-19 22 1 19 0 2
   Unmarried 20-24 (49) (4) (45) 0 0
Rwanda 1992
   Married 20-24 (21) (3) 0 (7) (10)
   Unmarried 15-19 NA NA NA NA NA
   Unmarried 20-24 NA NA NA NA NA
Senegal 1997
   Married 20-24 5 0 5 0 0
   Unmarried 15-19 NA NA NA NA NA
   Unmarried 20-24 NA NA NA NA NA
Tanzania 1991-92
   Married 20-24 12 0 4 0 8
   Unmarried 15-19 8 0 7 0 1
   Unmarried 20-24 11 0 11 0 0
Tanzania 1996
   Married 20-24 27 7 8 0 12
   Unmarried 15-19 23 0 21 0 2
   Unmarried 20-24 22 1 17 1 3
Tanzania 1999
   Married 20-24 23 5 11 2 5
   Unmarried 15-19 26 0 24 0 2
   Unmarried 20-24 30 1 28 0 1
Togo 1998
   Married 20-24 24 2 16 0 6
   Unmarried 15-19 58 0 44 2 12
   Unmarried 20-24 71 4 51 0 16
Uganda 1995
   Married 20-24 21 2 4 1 14
   Unmarried 15-19 (23) (1) (17) 0 (5)
   Unmarried 20-24 (50) 0 (50) 0 0
Uganda 2000-01
   Married 20-24 59 NA NA NA NA
   Unmarried 15-19 (30) NA NA NA NA
   Unmarried 20-24 (48) NA NA NA NA
Zambia 1996
   Married 20-24 25 2 11 0 12
   Unmarried 15-19 34 0 33 0 2
   Unmarried 20-24 47 4 38 1 4
Zimbabwe 1994
   Married 20-24 49 41 6 0 2
   Unmarried 15-19 50 2 48 0 0
   Unmarried 20-24 57 3 55 0 0
Zimbabwe 1999
   Married 20-24 52 40 8 1 3
   Unmarried 15-19 40 0 40 0 0
   Unmarried 20-24 74 5 68 0 1
Zimbabwe 2001d
   Married 20-24 44 29 10 4 1
   Unmarried 15-19 59 2 54 0 3
   Unmarried 20-24 62 11 49 2 1
NEAR EAST & NORTH AFRICA
Mauritania 2000-01
   Married 20-24 3 3 0 0 0
   Unmarried 15-19 39 0 39 0 0
   Unmarried 20-24 29 0 29 0 0
Turkey 1998
   Married 20-24 34 6 3 9 16
   Unmarried 15-19 NA NA NA NA NA
   Unmarried 20-24 NA NA NA NA NA
ASIA
Bangladesh 1999-2000
   Married 20-24 57 32 8 7 10
   Unmarried 15-19 NA NA NA NA NA
   Unmarried 20-24 NA NA NA NA NA
Nepal 2001
   Married 20-24 35 1 14 16 4
   Unmarried 15-19 NA NA NA NA NA
   Unmarried 20-24 NA NA NA NA NA
Pakistan 1990-91
   Married 20-24 7 0 2 3 2
   Unmarried 15-19 NA NA NA NA NA
   Unmarried 20-24 NA NA NA NA NA
LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
Belize 1999d
   Married 20-24 50 18 22 8 2
   Unmarried 15-19 NA NA NA NA NA
   Unmarried 20-24 NA NA NA NA NA
Bolivia 1998
   Married 20-24 54 6 3 15 31
   Unmarried 15-19 58 2 28 0 28
   Unmarried 20-24 73 6 29 2 36
Brazil 1996
   Married 20-24 72 52 5 12 4
   Unmarried 15-19 73 17 50 4 2
   Unmarried 20-24 73 27 37 4 5
Costa Rica 1991d
   Married 20-24 57 27 21 6 3
   Unmarried 15-19 64 11e 37e 4e 5e
   Unmarried 20-24 52
Dominican Rep. 1996
   Married 20-24 52 28 8 11 6
   Unmarried 15-19 49 6 39 3 2
   Unmarried 20-24 64 11 42 2 9
El Salvador 2003d
   Married 20-24 62 6 4 45 3
   Unmarried 15-19 13 2 9 1 1
   Unmarried 20-24 43 7 22 8 7
Guatemala 2002d
   Married 20-24 41 24 7 4 5
   Unmarried 15-19 52 25 24 0 3
   Unmarried 20-24 56 25 26 0 6
Haiti 1994-95
   Married 20-24 36 0 16 2 19
   Unmarried 15-19 0        
   Unmarried 20-24 59 0 34 1 24
Haiti 2000
   Married 20-24 54 NA NA NA NA
   Unmarried 15-19 54 NA NA NA NA
   Unmarried 20-24 63 NA NA NA NA
Honduras 2001d
   Married 20-24 54 12 3 24 15
   Unmarried 15-19 66 4 50 4 8
   Unmarried 20-24 77 13 41 12 11
Jamaica 1997d
   Married 20-24 68 22 30 13 3
   Unmarried 15-19 83 5 72 5 1
   Unmarried 20-24 78 15 55 5 3
Nicaragua 1998
Married 20-24 61 32 2 23 3
   Unmarried 15-19 48 13 27 4 3
   Unmarried 20-24 46 14 23 6 4
Peru 1996
  Married 20-24 62 13 6 23 21
   Unmarried 15-19 73 12 37 5 19
   Unmarried 20-24 78 11 36 7 24
EASTERN EUROPE & CENTRAL ASIA
Kazakhstan 1999
   Married 20-24 52 5 13 24 11
   Unmarried 15-19 (93) (9) (80) 0 (4)
   Unmarried 20-24 83 4 78 0 2
Romania 1999d
   Married 20-24 50 13 6 3 29
   Unmarried 15-24 64 2 38 2 20
Survey data for married men ages 15 to 19 are not shown due to the small number of such respondents in this age group.
* Fewer than 25 respondents.
Parentheses around numbers indicates 25 to 49 respondents.
a Oral contraceptives.
b Includes IUD, injectables, vaginal methods, implants, and male and female sterilization.
c Includes periodic abstinence and withdrawal.
d Contraceptive use at last sex.
e Method-specific contraceptive use data are for unmarried men ages 15-24.
NA = Not available