Table 1. Percent distribution of all women and currently married women by contraceptive method currently used, according to five-year age group, Philippines: 1997 ========================================================================================================================================================================== | | MODERN METHOD | TRADITIONAL METHOD | | | Any Dia- Fe- | | mo- phragm/ male Male Any Number | Any | dern Foam/ steri- steri- Mucus/ tra- Calen- With- No of | me- | me- Injec- Jelly/ Con- liza- liza- Billings/ Tempe- diti- dar/ draw- me- Total women Age | thod | thod Pill IUD tion Cream dom tion tion Ovulation rature LAM onal Rhythm al Other thod (in 000) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A L L W O M E N -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 27.9 18.4 7.4 1.8 1.2 0.1 1.0 6.4 0.1 - - 0.5 9.5 5.7 3.5 0.3 72.1 100.0 18,010 15-19 1.7 1.1 0.6 0.1 0.1 - 0.1 - - - - 0.2 0.6 0.3 0.2 - 98.3 100.0 3,862 20-24 15.6 10.5 6.9 1.2 1.0 0.1 0.4 0.2 - - - 0.7 5.1 2.5 2.5 0.2 84.4 100.0 2,921 25-29 34.1 23.5 13.4 2.9 2.1 0.2 1.7 2.2 - 0.1 - 1.0 10.6 5.8 4.6 0.2 65.9 100.0 2,636 30-34 43.4 28.8 13.5 3.2 2.4 0.2 1.7 7.0 - - - 0.9 14.6 8.0 5.9 0.7 56.6 100.0 2,545 35-39 48.3 31.8 11.1 2.9 1.4 0.1 1.8 13.9 0.2 0.2 - 0.2 16.6 10.9 5.2 0.4 51.7 100.0 2,332 40-44 44.0 27.2 5.3 1.8 1.2 - 1.0 17.1 0.5 - - 0.2 16.9 10.9 5.4 0.6 56.0 100.0 2,135 45-49 27.3 18.6 2.1 1.1 0.3 - 0.8 13.8 0.4 0.1 - - 8.8 6.1 2.5 0.2 72.7 100.0 1,579 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CURRENTLY MARRIED WOMEN -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 47.0 30.9 12.5 3.0 2.0 0.1 1.7 10.6 0.2 0.1 - 0.8 16.1 9.7 5.9 0.5 53.0 100.0 10,595 15-19 25.9 17.4 9.6 2.3 1.7 - 1.2 0.1 - - - 2.6 8.5 4.2 3.6 0.7 74.1 100.0 244 20-24 39.2 26.3 17.3 2.9 2.6 0.2 0.9 0.5 0.1 0.1 - 1.7 12.9 6.3 6.2 0.4 60.8 100.0 1,160 25-29 47.9 33.0 18.8 4.0 3.0 0.2 2.3 3.1 - 0.1 - 1.4 14.9 8.2 6.5 0.2 52.1 100.0 1,874 30-34 52.1 34.5 16.2 3.8 2.9 0.2 2.1 8.2 - - - 1.1 17.6 9.6 7.2 0.8 47.9 100.0 2,112 35-39 55.5 36.4 12.7 3.3 1.6 0.1 2.1 15.9 0.2 0.2 - 0.3 19.1 12.6 6.0 0.5 44.5 100.0 2,023 40-44 50.1 30.7 6.1 2.1 1.3 - 1.1 19.2 0.5 - - 0.3 19.4 12.6 6.2 0.6 49.9 100.0 1,853 45-49 31.4 21.0 2.5 1.3 0.3 - 0.9 15.4 0.5 0.1 - - 10.4 7.2 3.0 0.3 68.6 100.0 1,330 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: Currently married women includes women of marital status living together. Source: 1997 Family Planning Survey Household Statistics Department National Statistics Office Republic of the Philippines