Final Report (PDF, 2132K) - Measure DHS

Table 4.17 shows the percent of married women knowing a family planning method who thinkthat their husband approves of family planning according to background characteristics. Differences inapproval by urban-rural residence, religion and age am minor; however, better-educated women are morelikely to say that their husband approves.Table 4.18 presents data on the proportion of married women who have discussed familyplanning with their husband in the year prior to the survey. Overall, two out of five women havediscussed family planning with their husband at least once. Better-educated women are more likely todiscuss family planning than less educated women.Table 4.17Percentage of Currently Married Women Knowing at LeastOne Contraceptive Method Who Think That Their HusbandApproves of Family Planning Use, by BackgroundCharacteristics, ODHS, 1986BackgroundBackgroundCharacteristic Percentage Characteristic PercentageAgeEducation15-19 36.2 None 29.020-24 45.1 Primary 40.225-29 48.3 Secondary + 57.230-34 38.035-39 41.4 Religion4G-44 40.5 Catholic 42.645-49 34.8 Protestant 43.1Muslim 34.1Residence Other/None (Ii.I)Urban 44.9Rural 37.9Rivorine 44.8 Total 41.5Note:Numbers in parentheses represent fewer than 20 cases.43