Table 6. Couple Communication About Family Planning

Discussion of Family Planning with Partner in the Past Year, Married Men and Women of Reproductive Age, 1990-2002
Region, Country & Year % of Married Mena Who Discussed
Family Planning with Partner		 % of Married Womena Who Discussed
Family Planning with Partner
Never Once or Twice More Often Never Once or Twice More Often
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Benin 1996 51 23 26 62 21 17
Benin 2001 48 25 27 61 21 18
Burkina Faso 1993 73 11 16 75 10 14
Burkina Faso 1998-99 56 20 24 71 15 14
Cameroon 1991 61 13 26 63 12 25
Cameroon 1998 49 14 36 54 19 28
Cape Verde 1998 77 ------23b------ 92 ------ 8b------
Chad 1996-97 58 18 23 65 19 17
Comoros 1996 43 22 33 52 27 20
Côte d'Ivoire 1994 65 13 22 62 19 19
Côte d'Ivoire 1998-99 59 18 23 51 26 24
Eritrea 1995 62 14 23 71 14 14
Gabon 2000 35 30 34 37 29 32
Ghana 1998 36 29 34 46 28 26
Guinea 1999 69 12 19 76 12 12
Kenya 1993 31 20 48 35 31 35
Kenya 1998 21 29 49 27 39 33
Malawi 1992 37 25 39 43 32 24
Malawi 2000 22 35 43 28 37 35
Mali 1995-96 54 19 27 59 21 20
Mali 2001 64 14 22 64 17 18
Mozambique 1997 62 23 15 66 21 12
Niger 1992 75 13 12 81 11 8
Niger 1998 66 13 21 69 18 13
Rwanda 1992 2 14 83 31 17 52
Rwanda 2000c 32 24 44 43 23 34
Senegal 1992-93 74 11 15 71 14 15
Senegal 1997 75 9 16 NA NA NA
Tanzania 1996 47 25 25 45 23 32
Tanzania 1999 42 23 35 44 23 33
Togo 1998 38 25 37 49 29 22
Uganda 2000-01 40 35 25 43 35 22
Zambia 1996 30 34 37 36 33 31
Zimbabwe 1999 14 26 60 21 31 48
NEAR EAST & NORTH AFRICA
Mauritania 2000-01 55 16 28 65 17 17
Morocco 1992d 28 23 47 NA NA NA
ASIA
Bangladesh 1996-97e 20 20 60 49 34 17
Nepal 2001 45 33 21 56 31 13
Pakistan 1990-91 69 18 13 74 21 5
LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
Bolivia 1998 18 59 23 18 61 20
Dominican Rep. 1996f 47 28 25 27 49 20
Guatemala 2002b 39 36 25 71 ------29b------
Haiti 1994-95 48 23 29 50 31 19
Haiti 2000 35 39 24 42 39 19
Nicaragua 1998f 21 36 43 18 60 16
Peru 1996 11 55 34 14 59 27
CENTRAL ASIA
Kazakhstan 1999 47 42 11 49 37 14
a Includes currently married nonsterilized men (or women) who have heard of a contraceptive method.
b Men (or women) who have discussed family planning with partner at least once.
c Data for married men exclude married men with more than one partner.
d Among all men.
e In the past three months.
f Rows do not add to 100 among women either because the remainder said that they currently use contraception and therefore they do not discuss family planning or else because data for some respondents are missing.
g In the past six months.
NA = Not available