Web Table A. Differences in Contraceptive Use by Education and Other Characteristics

Current Use of Any Contraceptive Methoda Reported by Married Men of Reproductive Age, by Men's Characteristics, 1990-2003
Region, Country & Year % Currently Using Any Method
Highest Educational Level Residence Age Number of Living Children
None Any
Primary		 Secondary
or Higher		 Urban Rural <30 30-39 40-49 50-59 0 1 2 3 4+
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Benin 1996 27 41 62 44 33 38 43 38 25 16 38 39 39 37
Benin 2001 21 38 52 37 30 35 36 32 22 16 32 42 30 33
Burkina Faso 1993 7 24 65 36 7 15 21 18 3b 8 15 15 16 10
Burkina Faso 1998-99 33 44 76 57 34 30 39 43 33 14 39 34 41 40
Cameroon 1991 1 17 38 23 10 20 22 21 15b 6 13 13 11 18
Cameroon 1998 10 29 51 47 28 31 40 36 19 20 28 43 38 36
Cape Verde 1998 56 59 82 71 54 56 68 67 54c 36 62 65 70 64
Central African Rep. 1994-95 6 10 29 22 10 16 17 15 5 4 11 16 16 19
Chad 1996-97 9 18 36 22 12 16 15 14 8 11 18 18 17 16
Comoros 1996 18 30 52 37 25 32 42 27 10 29 38 30 29 26
Côte d'Ivoire 1994 9 22 37 25 15 22 22 16 9 0 21 18 19 19
Côte d'Ivoire 1998-99 8 26 53 40 19 34 30 24 13 28 31 18 22 27
Eritrea 1995 10 25 54 38 14 19 20 23 14 10 15 35 18 20
Ethiopia 2000 8 17 51 47 11 16 18 16 8 7 20 18 16 14
Gabon 2000 16 34 55 51 34 55 58 39 25 40 47 48 42 49
Ghana 1998 10 27 38 41 26 36 33 33 17 24 33 28 34 27
Guinea 1999 7 15 36 31 8 14 18 15 6 10 12 18 12 15
Kenya 1993 28 48 65 58 51 50 54 53 39c 25 49 54 62 53
Kenya 1998 44 52 72 69 56 54 63 63 52 27 54 65 65 63
Malawi 1992 13 22 41 36 20 20 26 24 16c 8 17 22 26 26
Malawi 1996 33 34 55 50 34 31 43 26 37c 3 31 45 37 44
Malawi 2000 22 27 43 38 28 20 26 24 16 8 29 27 38 32
Mali 1995-96 11 19 52 27 13 21 18 15 11 15 16 21 14 15
Mali 2001 11 15 35 25 12 14 19 14 10 13 13 15 13 15
Mozambique 1997 5 9 24 19 7 6 10 11 13 2 6 7 13 12
Niger 1992 2 8 35 16 2 4 6 3 2b 1 3 4 4 4
Niger 1998 5 15 50 30 5 8 12 10 4 5 11 10 11 9
Rwanda 1992 30 35 54 32 35 27 36 41 38 0 25 45 28 39
Senegal 1992-93 3 20 39 18 4 10 12 14 5 5 6 11 12 9
Senegal 1997 4 17 45 23 5 11 18 18 7 3 19 23 13 9
Tanzania 1991-92 7 22 51 25 19 17 27 22 10b 1 19 17 32 22
Tanzania 1996 16 29 46 36 27 17 26 19 11 10 24 29 42 29
Tanzania 1999 17 35 51 42 31 32 37 38 24 12 36 35 40 34
Togo 1998 12 29 48 42 25 31 33 31 16 18 30 42 35 31
Uganda 1995 8 19 39 40 20 22 27 17 15 8 26 21 20 25
Zambia 1996 13 23 47 44 24 32 36 38 16 7 35 39 34 34
Zimbabwe 1994 53 59 67 68 51 58 63 59 43c 15 60 64 69 60
Zimbabwe 1999 53 59 67 72 57 59 67 68 53 16 69 69 71 69
NEAR EAST & NORTH AFRICA
Egypt 1992d 40 55 62 60 41 24 53 60 47b NA NA NA NA NA
Mauritania 2000-01 3 17 13 19 4 11 11 12 10 4 14 13 14 11
Morocco 1992 30 47 60 50 29 NA NA NA NA 2 41 51 51 39
Turkey 1998 23 61 69 66 55 54 72 66 42 26 66 77 68 53
ASIA
Bangladesh 1993-94 48 53 64 62 53 44 57 67 48 NA NA NA NA NA
Bangladesh 1996-97 53 57 68 70 57 44 57 67 48 27 51 63 65 59
Bangladesh 1999-2000 56 60 70 68 61 46 60 68 55 31 59 73 73 62
Nepal 2001 41 46 59 65 46 36 60 56 40 20 41 55 63 55
Pakistan 1990-91 8 14 28 27 9 10 17 19 16 2 6 20 12 20
LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
Belize 1999 30 43 53 55 45 56 56 54 34 36 52 57 56 46
Bolivia 1998 10 39 62 59 37 58 63 54 24 31 54 62 59 45
Brazil 1996 55 71 81 76 66 71 82 78 56 47 70 84 85 72
Dominican Rep. 1996 52 66 68 67 62 57 68 72 70 36 49 65 82 69
El Salvador 2003 52 69 79 75 63 59 79 75 56 42 65 76 77 67
Guatemala 2002 31 43 75 60 43 45 55 57 38 28 41 58 70 44
Haiti 1994-95 21 31 56 41 28 37 35 34 18 35 32 33 32 32
Honduras 2001 43 60 78 70 52 55 68 64 48 20 62 62 68 64
Jamaica 1993 —65— 72 70 69 74 69 63 47c 72 67 68 69 67
Nicaragua 1998 48 65 76 70 58 63 73 69 47 40 64 69 75 66
Peru 1996 42 53 74 71 55 70 74 69 35 37 74 75 70 61
EASTERN EUROPE & CENTRAL ASIA
Albania 2002 —71— 80 79 72 65 80 83e NA 29 61 83 86 82
Kazakhstan 1999 NA 55 64 64 57 58 71 69 28 40 60 73 65 50
Romania 1999 —46— 69 69 62 NA NA NA NA 46 71 72 —58—
a Any contraceptive method includes any modern method, periodic abstinence, or withdrawal.
b Among married men ages 50 and older.
c Among married men ages 50-54.
d Any method includes prolonged breastfeeding, but this only accounts for 0.9% use among all husbands surveyed.
e Among married men ages 40-44.
NA = Not available