Demographic and Health Survey 2009-10 - Timor-Leste Ministry of ...

70 | Family Planning
5.9 TIMING OF FEMALE STERILIZATION
In countries where female sterilization is prevalent, there is interest in trends in the adoption
of the method and age at the time of sterilization. There were only 54 women in the 2009-10 TLDHS
sample who were sterilized at the time of the survey. Due to these small numbers, a separate table is
not shown in this report. The median age at sterilization was 34.1 years, with the majority sterilized
before age 40 (79 percent), and 20 percent were sterilized between 40 and 44 years.
5.10 SOURCE OF MODERN CONTRACEPTION METHODS
Table 5.8 on source of contraception is intended simply to document the main sources of
contraception for users of different modern methods of contraception. Information on where women
obtain the contraceptive method that they use is important for program managers and implementers in
designing family planning policies and programs. All current users of modern contraceptive methods
were asked the most recent source of their methods. The government sector remains the major source
of contraceptive methods in Timor-Leste, providing methods to almost nine in ten current users.
Eighty-eight percent of users get their methods from the government sector, 9 percent from the private
medical sector, and 2 percent from other sources. The share of the government sector has increased
slightly over the past five years. Data from the 2003 DHS show that the government sector supplied
methods to 80 percent of users.
Forty-five percent of all users are served by community health centers, 20 percent by health
posts, 17 percent by government and referral hospitals, 3 percent by integrated community health
services (SISCa), and 2 percent by mobile clinics. In the private medical sector, most users are served
by private hospitals/clinics (8 percent of all users). Most contraceptives sold in private hospitals/
clinics are provided through the Timor-Leste Contraceptive Retail Sales Company.
Table 5.8 Source of modern contraception methods
Percent distribution of users of modern contraceptive methods age 15-49 by most recent source of method,
according to method, Timor-Leste 2009-10
Source
Female
sterilization Pill IUD Injectables Implants Total 1
Public sector 91.7 77.2 96.9 89.3 97.9 88.4
National hospital 55.4 2.3 28.4 1.4 0.0 5.5
Referral hospital 29.1 15.4 15.6 10.2 16.2 11.8
Community health center 4.1 42.9 39.5 48.3 59.3 45.4
Health post 0.0 13.3 10.7 23.6 13.1 20.3
SISCa post 0.0 1.8 0.0 4.1 2.0 3.4
Mobile clinic 0.0 1.5 2.0 1.7 7.3 1.8
Other public 3.1 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.2
Private medical sector 2.1 13.9 2.4 9.7 2.1 9.3
Private hospital/clinic 0.0 9.5 2.4 8.2 2.1 7.5
Pharmacy 0.0 2.4 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.9
Private doctor’s office 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.3
Mobile clinic 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
Field worker 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
Other private medical 2.1 0.6 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.5
Other source 0.0 8.9 0.0 0.8 0.0 1.8
Shop 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4
Friend/relative 0.0 5.3 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.6
Marie Stopes (NGO) 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.4
Other NGO 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.4
Other 6.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.4
Missing 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Number of women 65 135 105 1,255 68 1,647
1 Total includes other modern methods but excludes lactational amenorrhea method (LAM) and standard days
method.