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Table 16.9 Current use of contraception by women's statusPercent distribution of currently married women age 15-49 by current contraceptive method, according to selected indicators of women'sstatus, Swaziland 2006-07EmpowermentindicatorAnymethodAnymodernmethodFemalesterilizationModern methodsMalesterilizationTemporarymodernfemalemethods 1MalecondomAnytraditionalmethodNotcurrentlyusingTotalNumber ofwomenNumber of decisions inwhich women participate 20 51.0 47.5 3.1 0.0 29.4 15.0 3.5 49.0 100.0 2191-2 46.2 42.7 4.8 0.2 27.9 9.8 3.5 53.8 100.0 6123-4 52.8 50.2 6.7 0.2 30.5 12.8 2.6 47.2 100.0 1,231Number of reasons for whichwife beating is justified 30 53.7 50.4 6.6 0.3 30.2 13.3 3.3 46.3 100.0 1,3611-2 45.6 43.5 4.9 0.0 28.1 10.5 2.1 54.4 100.0 5273-4 43.1 40.2 2.9 0.0 30.0 7.3 2.9 56.9 100.0 1335-6 (40.0) (37.4) (0.0) (0.0) (28.6) (8.8) (2.5) (60.0) 100.0 41Number of reasons given forrefusing to have sexualintercourse with husband 40 49.0 44.0 6.7 0.0 28.2 9.1 5.0 51.0 100.0 1081-2 50.6 46.8 4.4 0.0 31.0 11.5 3.8 49.4 100.0 4433-4 47.1 45.4 6.4 0.3 27.4 11.3 1.7 52.9 100.0 7925 54.8 51.4 5.8 0.2 31.4 14.0 3.4 45.2 100.0 718Total 50.6 47.7 5.8 0.2 29.6 12.2 2.9 49.4 100.0 2,062Note: If more than one method is used, only the most effective method is considered in this tabulation. Figures in parentheses are basedon 25-49 unweighted cases.1Pill, IUD, injectables, implants, female condom, diaphragm, foam/jelly, and lactational amenorrhoea method2The decisions are: own health care, making major household purchases, making purchases for daily household needs, and visits to herfamily or relatives.3The reasons are: burns the food, argues with him, goes out with telling him, neglects the children, and refuses to have sexual intercoursewith him.4The reasons are: knows husband has sexually transmitted disease, knows husband has intercourse with other women, and is tired or notin the mood.16.7 IDEAL FAMILY SIZE AND UNMET NEED BY WOMEN’S STATUSTable 16.10 shows how women’s ideal family size and their unmet need for family planning varyby women’s status indicators. The data indicate that unmet need for family planning is lowest for womenwho participate in most household decisionmaking, although there is no clear pattern in the relationshipbetween the number of decisions a woman participates in and her unmet need for family planning. Table16.10 shows that unmet need for family planning increases with the number of reasons for wife beating awoman agrees with. Interestingly, the data indicate that unmet need for family planning is lowest amongwomen who agreed with none of the specified reasons that a wife can refuse sex with her husband.258 | Women’s Empowerment and Demographic and Health Outcomes