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

Table 7.3 Need and demand for family planning among currently married women
Percentage of currently married women age 15-49 with unmet need for family planning, percentage with met need for family planning, the
total demand for family planning, and the percentage of the demand for contraception that is satisfied, by background characteristics, Timor-
Leste 2009-10
Background
characteristic
Unmet need for family
planning 1
For
spacing
For
limiting Total
Met need for family planning
(currently using) 2
For
spacing
For
limiting Total
Total demand for family
planning
For
spacing
For
limiting Total
Percentage
of demand
satisfied
Number
of
women
Age
15-19 26.6 0.2 26.9 7.6 0.2 7.9 34.2 0.5 34.7 22.6 243
20-24 33.5 1.1 34.6 14.3 1.5 15.7 47.7 2.6 50.3 31.2 1,100
25-29 27.5 4.4 32.0 20.7 3.1 23.8 48.2 7.5 55.8 42.7 1,516
30-34 22.0 9.0 31.0 16.6 11.3 27.8 38.6 20.3 58.9 47.3 1,362
35-39 18.9 14.6 33.5 12.2 14.7 27.0 31.2 29.3 60.4 44.6 1,514
40-44 11.5 19.2 30.7 5.6 19.0 24.6 17.1 38.1 55.3 44.5 1,211
45-49
Residence
4.9 16.1 21.0 1.3 12.0 13.2 6.1 28.1 34.2 38.7 960
Urban 17.6 11.6 29.2 16.5 13.9 30.4 34.1 25.4 59.5 51.0 2,025
Rural
District
21.5 9.8 31.3 11.0 8.6 19.6 32.5 18.3 50.9 38.4 5,881
Aileu 21.6 8.5 30.1 11.0 9.7 20.7 32.6 18.2 50.8 40.8 299
Ainaro 37.5 5.9 43.4 8.9 5.2 14.1 46.4 11.1 57.4 24.5 382
Baucau 19.1 15.7 34.8 3.6 4.5 8.0 22.7 20.1 42.8 18.8 852
Bobonaro 32.7 9.0 41.6 13.3 7.1 20.4 46.0 16.1 62.1 32.9 739
Covalima 11.4 5.9 17.3 24.9 18.9 43.8 36.2 24.9 61.1 71.7 458
Dili 16.0 13.0 29.0 17.9 15.2 33.2 34.0 28.2 62.2 53.3 1,459
Ermera 16.1 6.7 22.9 12.4 6.4 18.8 28.5 13.1 41.6 45.1 881
Lautem 19.5 8.8 28.3 8.0 9.6 17.7 27.6 18.4 46.0 38.5 541
Liquiçá 21.4 7.6 29.0 14.0 10.5 24.5 35.4 18.1 53.5 45.8 460
Manatuto 13.8 13.4 27.1 11.1 9.7 20.7 24.8 23.0 47.9 43.3 353
Manufahi 15.9 6.6 22.4 16.3 9.0 25.3 32.1 15.6 47.7 53.0 319
Oecussi 23.9 16.0 39.8 9.9 14.2 24.1 33.8 30.1 63.9 37.7 603
Viqueque
Education
24.2 7.0 31.2 7.5 5.6 13.1 31.6 12.6 44.2 29.6 559
No education 18.6 12.3 31.0 7.1 8.8 15.9 25.7 21.1 46.8 33.9 2,909
Primary 20.0 10.4 30.4 13.0 12.8 25.8 33.0 23.2 56.2 46.0 2,027
Secondary 23.0 8.3 31.3 16.8 8.9 25.7 39.8 17.2 57.0 45.1 2,739
More than secondary
Wealth quintile
19.9 5.5 25.4 21.6 11.2 32.8 41.5 16.7 58.2 56.3 231
Lowest 23.0 12.0 35.0 8.3 6.7 15.0 31.3 18.8 50.0 30.0 1,467
Second 21.0 9.2 30.1 8.8 7.6 16.4 29.7 16.8 46.5 35.2 1,487
Middle 23.8 9.8 33.5 10.5 7.5 18.0 34.3 17.3 51.5 34.9 1,559
Fourth 20.4 7.6 28.0 14.5 10.9 25.3 34.8 18.5 53.3 47.5 1,571
Highest 15.6 12.3 27.9 18.5 15.7 34.2 34.1 28.0 62.1 55.1 1,821
Total 20.5 10.2 30.8 12.4 9.9 22.3 32.9 20.2 53.1 42.1 7,906
1 Unmet need for spacing: Includes women who are fecund and not using family planning and who say they want to wait two or more years
for their next birth, or who say they are unsure whether they want another child, or who want another child but are unsure when to have the
child. In addition, unmet need for spacing includes pregnant women whose current pregnancy was mistimed, or whose last pregnancy was
unwanted but who now say they want more children. Unmet need for spacing also includes amenorrheic women whose last birth was
mistimed, or whose last birth was unwanted but who now say they want more children.
Unmet need for limiting: Includes women who are fecund and not using family planning and who say they do not want another child. In
addition, unmet need for limiting includes pregnant women whose current pregnancy was unwanted but who now say they do not want
more children or who are undecided whether they want another child. Unmet need for limiting also includes amenorrheic women whose last
birth was unwanted but who now say they do not want more children or who are undecided whether they want another child.
2 Using for spacing is defined as women who are using some method of family planning and who say they want to have another child or are
undecided whether to have another. Using for limiting is defined as women who are using some method of family planning and who say they
want no more children. Note that the specific methods used are not taken into account here.
7.4 IDEAL FAMILY SIZE
In the TLDHS, ideal family size was measured in two ways. Respondents who did not have
any children were asked the number of children they would like to have if they could choose the exact
number to have, and respondents who had living children were asked how many children they would
like to have if they could go back to the time when they did not have any children and choose exactly
the number of children to have. Even though these questions are based on hypothetical situations, they
provide two measures. First, for men and women who have not yet started a family, the data provide
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