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Overall, the contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) is 59% of currently married women age 15-49. Nearly all<br />

currently married women who use contraception use a modern method (58%). The CPR among currently<br />

married women is highest among women age 35-39 (67%). Among sexually active, unmarried women age<br />

15-49, 44% use a contraceptive method and 43% use a modern method (Table 7.2).<br />

Modern methods<br />

Include male and female sterilisation, injectables, intrauterine devices (IUDs),<br />

contraceptive pills, implants, female and male condoms, the standard days<br />

method, lactational amenorrhoea, and emergency contraception.<br />

Among currently married women, the most<br />

commonly used methods are injectables (30%),<br />

implants (12%), and female sterilisation (11%).<br />

Among sexually active unmarried women,<br />

injectables are also the most commonly used method<br />

(15%), followed by male condoms (14%), implants<br />

(6%), and female sterilisation (5%) (Figure 7.1).<br />

Trends: From 1992 to <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong>, modern<br />

contraceptive use by currently married women has<br />

steadily increased, from 7% in 1992 to 58% in <strong>2015</strong>-<br />

<strong>16</strong> (Figure 7.2). The greatest gains were in the use<br />

of injectables, which increased from 2% in 1992 to<br />

30% in <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong>; implants, which increased from<br />

less than 1% in 2000 to 12% in <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong>; and female<br />

sterilisation, which increased from 2% in 1992 to<br />

11% in <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong>. Use of traditional methods declined<br />

from 4% in 1992 to 1% in <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong>.<br />

Figure 7.1 Contraceptive use<br />

Percentage of women age 15-49 currently<br />

using a contraceptive method<br />

Any method<br />

Any modern method<br />

Injectables<br />

Male condom<br />

Pill<br />

Implants<br />

IUD<br />

Female sterilisation<br />

Traditional method<br />

2<br />

2<br />

2<br />

1<br />

1<br />

12<br />

6<br />

11<br />

5<br />

Figure 7.2 Trends in contraceptive use<br />

15<br />

14<br />

30<br />

44<br />

43<br />

59<br />

58<br />

Currently married<br />

women<br />

Sexually active,<br />

unmarried<br />

women<br />

Percentage of currently married women<br />

currently using a contraceptive method<br />

Any modern method<br />

42<br />

58<br />

26 28<br />

7<br />

Any traditional method<br />

2 3 3 1<br />

4<br />

1992 2000 2004 2010 <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong><br />

94 • Family Planning

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