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Table 6.12 Median duration of amenorrhoea, postpartum abstinence, andpostpartum insusceptibilityMedian number of months of postpartum amenorrhoea, postpartum abstinence,and postpartum insusceptibility following births in the three yearspreceding the survey, by background characteristics, Swaziland 2006-07BackgroundcharacteristicPostpartumamenorrhoeaPostpartumabstinencePostpartuminsusceptibility 1Mother's age15-29 5.6 4.6 9.930-49 10.5 4.6 12.3ResidenceUrban 8.7 4.1 12.1Rural 6.6 4.8 10.1RegionHhohho 0.7 4.4 9.9Manzini 7.4 3.9 13.2Shiselweni 4.7 6.2 11.4Lubombo 4.1 4.3 7.6EducationNo education 3.9 4.5 13.7Lower primary 7.1 4.4 7.9Higher primary 0.7 4.4 10.4Secondary 6.8 5.1 9.6High school 6.7 4.7 8.8Tertiary 4.7 1.1 13.4Wealth quintileLowest 3.9 4.9 11.1Second 11.6 3.5 13.5Middle 0.7 6.3 8.6Fourth 7.1 5.1 9.3Highest 4.9 3.7 13.2Total 6.9 4.6 10.7Note: Medians are based on the status at the time of the survey (currentstatus).1Includes births for which mothers are either still amenorrhoeic or stillabstaining (or both) following birth6.7 TERMINATION OF EXPOSURE TO PREGNANCYWhile the onset of infecundity is difficult to determinefor an individual woman, there are ways of estimating it for agiven population. One indicator of infecundity is the onset ofmenopause. In the context of the available survey data, womenare considered menopausal if they are neither pregnant norpostpartum amenorrhoeic, but have not had a menstrual periodin the six months preceding the survey. The prevalence ofmenopause increases with age, typically from around age 30.Table 6.13 presents the indicator for women age 30-49,which ranges from 4 percent for women age 30-34 to 58 percentfor women age 48-49. Overall, 13 percent of women age 30-49were reported to be menopausal.Table 6.13 MenopausePercentage of women age 30-49 who aremenopausal, by age, Swaziland 2006-07AgePercentagemenopausal 1Number ofwomen30-34 4.1 61635-39 4.2 50340-41 7.3 18342-43 12.0 17544-45 21.2 16046-47 36.0 18048-49 57.8 122Total 12.9 1,9391Percentage of all women who are notpregnant and not postpartum amenorrhoeicwhose last menstrual period occurred six ormore months preceding the survey96 | Other Proximate Determinants of Fertility

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