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6 FERTILITY PREFERENCES ..................................................................................................... 83
Table 6.1 Fertility preferences by number of living children .............................................. 88
Table 6.2.1 Desire to limit childbearing: Women ................................................................... 89
Table 6.2.2 Desire to limit childbearing: Men ........................................................................ 89
Table 6.3 Ideal number of children by number of living children ....................................... 90
Table 6.4 Mean ideal number of children according to background characteristics ............ 91
Table 6.5 Fertility planning status ........................................................................................ 92
Table 6.6 Wanted fertility rates ............................................................................................ 92
Figure 6.1 Trends in desire to limit childbearing by number of living children .................... 84
Figure 6.2 Ideal family size ................................................................................................... 84
Figure 6.3 Ideal family size by number of living children .................................................... 85
Figure 6.4 Fertility planning status ........................................................................................ 85
Figure 6.5 Trends in fertility planning status ........................................................................ 86
Figure 6.6 Trends in wanted and actual fertility .................................................................... 86
7 FAMILY PLANNING .................................................................................................................. 93
Table 7.1 Knowledge of contraceptive methods ................................................................ 101
Table 7.2 Current use of contraception according to age ................................................... 101
Table 7.3 Current use of contraception by background characteristics ............................. 102
Table 7.4 Timing of sterilisation ........................................................................................ 102
Table 7.5 Source of modern contraception methods .......................................................... 103
Table 7.6 Use of social marketing brand pills and condoms ............................................. 103
Table 7.7 Informed choice ................................................................................................. 104
Table 7.8 Twelve-month contraceptive discontinuation rates ........................................... 104
Table 7.9 Reasons for discontinuation ............................................................................... 105
Table 7.10 Knowledge of fertile period ............................................................................... 105
Table 7.11 Knowledge of fertile period by age .................................................................... 105
Table 7.12.1 Need and demand for family planning among currently married women ......... 106
Table 7.12.2 Need and demand for family planning for all women and for women who
are not currently married .................................................................................... 107
Table 7.13 Decision-making about family planning ............................................................ 108
Table 7.14 Future use of contraception ................................................................................ 108
Table 7.15 Exposure to family planning messages .............................................................. 109
Table 7.16 Contact of nonusers with family planning providers ......................................... 110
Figure 7.1 Contraceptive use ................................................................................................. 94
Figure 7.2 Trends in contraceptive use ................................................................................. 94
Figure 7.3 Modern contraceptive use by region .................................................................... 95
Figure 7.4 Use of modern methods by household wealth ..................................................... 95
Figure 7.5 Source of modern contraceptive methods ............................................................ 96
Figure 7.6 Contraceptive discontinuation rates ..................................................................... 97
Figure 7.7 Demand for family planning ................................................................................ 98
Figure 7.8 Trends in demand for family planning ................................................................. 98
Figure 7.9 Unmet need by region .......................................................................................... 98
Figure 7.10 Unmet need by wealth quintile ............................................................................ 99
8 INFANT AND CHILD MORTALITY ...................................................................................... 111
Table 8.1 Early childhood mortality rates .......................................................................... 115
Table 8.2 Early childhood mortality rates according to socioeconomic characteristics .... 115
Table 8.3 Early childhood mortality rates according to demographic characteristics ....... 116
Table 8.4 Perinatal mortality .............................................................................................. 117
Table 8.5 High-risk fertility behaviour .............................................................................. 118
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