Bangladesh 2014

Unmet need for family planning in Bangladesh has decreased from 14 percent in 2011 to 12 percent
in 2014 (Figure 7.10). The HPNSDP results framework has set a target to reduce unmet need for family
planning services to 9 percent by 2016 (MOHFW 2011), and FP2020 has set a target to reach 7 percent by
2021 (Family Planning 2020).
Table 7.19 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, Bangladesh 2014
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
Percentage
of demand
for modern
methods
satisfied 3
Number
of
women
Age
15-19 15.7 1.5 17.1 45.6 5.5 51.2 61.3 7.0 68.3 74.9 68.4 1,984
20-24 10.8 4.0 14.7 37.6 21.6 59.2 48.3 25.6 73.9 80.1 73.8 3,166
25-29 5.5 6.8 12.2 19.6 48.1 67.7 25.1 54.9 79.9 84.7 78.5 3,249
30-34 1.8 9.4 11.2 7.1 66.6 73.7 9.0 76.0 85.0 86.8 76.2 2,919
35-39 0.7 9.6 10.2 1.5 71.4 72.9 2.2 81.0 83.2 87.7 72.9 2,153
40-44 0.2 8.2 8.4 0.4 60.4 60.9 0.6 68.7 69.3 87.9 65.3 1,874
45-49 0.0 7.0 7.0 0.3 37.8 38.1 0.3 44.8 45.1 84.4 55.5 1,512
Residence
Urban 4.1 5.5 9.6 21.0 44.9 65.9 25.1 50.4 75.5 87.3 74.5 4,709
Rural 5.8 7.0 12.9 16.4 44.7 61.1 22.3 51.7 74.0 82.6 71.9 12,149
Division
Barisal 5.2 6.1 11.3 19.0 44.3 63.3 24.1 50.4 74.6 84.9 73.2 1,051
Chittagong 8.3 9.0 17.3 15.7 39.3 55.0 24.0 48.3 72.3 76.0 65.3 3,121
Dhaka 5.1 7.0 12.1 19.4 43.5 63.0 24.5 50.5 75.0 83.9 72.3 5,857
Khulna 3.6 5.8 9.4 16.4 50.6 67.1 20.0 56.5 76.5 87.7 73.7 1,729
Rajshahi 3.2 4.5 7.7 18.7 50.6 69.4 22.0 55.1 77.0 90.0 78.8 2,007
Rangpur 3.2 3.6 6.7 18.5 51.3 69.8 21.7 54.8 76.5 91.2 82.4 1,946
Sylhet 8.8 8.9 17.7 11.9 35.9 47.8 20.7 44.8 65.5 73.0 62.4 1,147
Education
No education 2.0 8.3 10.3 6.0 55.5 61.5 8.0 63.8 71.8 85.7 70.4 3,949
Primary incomplete 3.7 7.7 11.4 12.0 51.8 63.9 15.7 59.6 75.2 84.9 74.1 3,032
Primary complete 4 5.7 5.8 11.5 17.4 44.6 62.0 23.0 50.4 73.4 84.4 73.9 1,884
Secondary incomplete 7.9 5.8 13.7 24.6 37.7 62.3 32.5 43.5 76.0 82.0 73.7 5,477
Secondary complete
or higher 5 6.9 5.0 11.9 28.1 34.8 63.0 35.0 39.9 74.9 84.1 71.1 2,516
Wealth quintile
Lowest 5.3 7.8 13.1 14.0 48.5 62.6 19.4 56.3 75.7 82.7 72.9 3,097
Second 4.5 6.0 10.6 16.2 47.0 63.2 20.7 53.0 73.7 85.7 74.8 3,223
Middle 5.8 6.1 11.9 17.8 44.9 62.7 23.6 50.9 74.6 84.0 73.1 3,394
Fourth 5.8 7.1 13.0 19.3 41.8 61.1 25.1 48.9 74.1 82.5 71.4 3,556
Highest 5.1 6.2 11.3 20.6 42.3 62.8 25.7 48.4 74.1 84.8 71.4 3,587
Total 5.3 6.6 12.0 17.7 44.7 62.4 23.0 51.4 74.4 83.9 72.6 16,858
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 say they want to have another child or are undecided whether
to have another. Using for limiting is defined as women who are using and who want no more children. Note that the specific methods used are not taken
into account here.
3
Nonusers who are pregnant or amenorrheic and whose pregnancy was the result of a contraceptive failure are not included in the category of unmet
need, but are included in total demand for contraception (since they would have been using had their method not failed). They are also considered as
having their demand satisfied.
4
Primary complete is defined as completing grade 5.
5
Secondary complete is defined as completing grade 10.
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