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

74 | Family Planning
Table 5.12 Preferred method of
contraception for future use
Percent distribution of currently
married women age 15-49 who are not
using a contraceptive method but who
intend to use in the future by preferred
method, Timor-Leste 2009-10
Method
Percent
distribution
Female sterilization 0.5
Pill 11.1
IUD 4.1
Injectables 71.1
Implants 3.7
Condom 0.4
Periodic abstinence 1.0
Withdrawal 0.1
Other 1.8
Unsure 3.7
Missing 2.5
Total 100.0
Number of women 1,199
5.16 EXPOSURE TO FAMILY PLANNING MESSAGES
The electronic media such as radio and television are important for communicating messages
about family planning. Information on the level of exposure to such media is important for program
managers and planners to effectively target population subgroups for information, education, and
communication (IEC) campaigns. In Timor-Leste, the most common media source is the radio.
Television is mostly found in urban areas, while the print media are accessed mostly by the educated.
To assess the extent to which media serve as a source of family planning messages, respondents were
asked if they had heard or seen a message about family planning on the radio, on television, in the
print media (newspaper, magazine, poster, or billboard), or at a street drama in the months preceding
the survey. The results are shown in Table 5.13.
One in five women (21 percent) and one in three men (32 percent) age 15-49 have heard a
family planning message recently on the radio, and 21 percent of women and 23 percent of men have
heard family planning messages on television. Ten percent of women and 15 percent of men have
read about family planning in a newspaper or magazine. Sixty-eight percent of women and 59 percent
of men have not been exposed to family planning messages in the past few months through any of the
specified media sources.
With the exception of the youngest age group, exposure is generally higher among younger
respondents (20-29 years) than among older respondents (45-49 years). Not surprisingly, women and
men residing in urban areas are much more likely to have been exposed to family planning messages
in any media than their rural counterparts. This is especially true for messages on television and in the
print media. By district, exposure to family planning messages among women is highest in Dili and
lowest in Oecussi (with 27 percent and 94 percent exposed to no media messages, respectively).
Exposure among men is highest in Manatuto and lowest in Ermera (with 14 percent and 80 percent
exposed to no media messages, respectively), Not surprisingly, exposure to media messages on family
planning increases with education and wealth quintile.