Table 2. Percent distribution of currently married women by contraceptive method currently used, according to selected background characteristics, Philippines: 1997 ==================================================================================================================================================================================== | | MODERN METHOD | TRADITIONAL METHOD | | | Any Dia- Fe- Mucus/ Ca- | | mo- phragm/ male Male Bill- Tem- Any len- Number | Any | dern In- Foam/ steri- steri- ings/ pe- tra- dar/ With- of Background | me- | me- jec- Jelly/ Con- liza- liza- Ovula- ra- diti- Rhy- draw- No Total women Characteristic| thod | thod Pill IUD tion Cream dom tion tion tion ture LAM onal thm al Other method (in 000) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 10,595 Residence Urban 50.0 33.8 13.4 3.0 1.7 - 2.2 12.3 0.2 0.1 - 0.8 16.3 9.5 6.4 0.3 50.0 100 5,284 Rural 44.1 28.2 11.6 3.0 2.3 0.2 1.1 8.8 0.2 - - 0.8 15.9 9.9 5.4 0.7 55.9 100 5,311 Region Metro Manila 51.1 35.2 15.6 1.8 0.7 - 2.6 13.4 0.2 0.1 - 0.7 15.9 8.2 7.8 - 48.9 100 1,622 CAR 46.3 31.1 8.1 1.6 5.5 0.3 2.9 12.2 - - - 0.4 15.3 7.3 7.0 1.0 53.7 100 185 Ilocos 43.3 29.2 9.9 0.9 3.6 - 2.4 12.1 - - - 0.4 14.1 7.5 6.4 0.2 56.7 100 559 Cagayan Valley 50.3 40.8 20.2 3.7 4.7 0.9 0.4 10.5 0.2 - - 0.3 9.5 4.7 4.5 0.3 49.7 100 402 C-Luzon 52.0 36.4 12.7 0.9 1.3 0.1 1.8 18.4 - - - 1.1 15.6 5.0 10.3 0.3 48.0 100 1,130 S-Tagalog 49.5 33.5 13.5 2.4 2.1 - 1.7 11.8 0.3 0.1 - 1.6 16.1 8.4 7.4 0.2 50.5 100 1,563 Bicol 37.1 19.6 8.2 0.8 0.7 - 1.3 7.8 0.3 0.1 - 0.5 17.5 10.2 6.7 0.7 62.9 100 624 W-Visayas 44.4 26.9 10.1 2.4 1.9 - 1.8 9.2 0.2 0.2 - 1.2 17.5 13.3 3.9 0.3 55.6 100 776 C-Visayas 51.3 31.6 11.6 5.1 2.8 0.1 2.6 8.1 0.4 - - 0.9 19.8 15.1 4.5 0.2 48.7 100 709 E-Visayas 33.8 20.2 7.2 1.9 1.5 0.1 0.4 7.8 0.4 0.1 - 0.9 13.7 6.9 5.9 0.8 66.2 100 464 W-Mindanao 36.3 23.2 11.7 4.3 0.6 - 0.2 5.8 0.3 - - 0.4 13.1 9.9 2.0 1.1 63.7 100 425 N-Mindanao 59.8 40.7 15.4 11.0 3.7 - 1.2 8.1 0.7 0.2 - 0.3 19.1 16.7 2.0 0.4 40.2 100 378 S-Mindanao 59.9 37.2 16.4 6.4 2.7 0.1 1.5 8.9 0.4 0.3 - 0.6 22.7 17.6 3.5 1.7 40.1 100 715 C-Mindanao 43.9 26.0 10.0 6.0 2.6 0.5 0.9 5.3 0.4 - - 0.3 17.8 13.4 3.8 0.6 56.1 100 378 ARMM 13.0 13.0 6.4 3.9 0.2 1.2 - 0.3 0.8 - - - 0.1 6.6 2.0 2.6 2.0 87.0 100 389 CARAGA 51.5 36.4 15.4 7.3 3.1 1.2 1.5 7.4 0.3 0.1 - 0.3 15.1 12.0 2.5 0.6 48.5 100 276 Number of Children None 3.6 2.1 0.8 0.2 0.1 - - 0.8 0.1 - - - 1.5 1.1 0.4 - 96.4 100 606 1 33.7 21.3 13.2 2.3 1.4 0.1 1.0 1.4 0.2 0.1 - 1.6 12.4 7.5 4.7 0.1 66.3 100 1,449 2 50.8 32.6 17.9 3.3 1.9 0.2 2.4 5.9 0.1 0.1 - 0.8 18.2 10.3 7.3 0.5 49.2 100 2,040 3 59.0 40.9 15.1 3.5 2.5 0.1 1.7 17.1 0.3 0.1 - 0.5 18.1 10.6 7.1 0.4 41.0 100 2,035 4 57.3 40.8 12.7 3.6 2.1 0.2 2.0 18.9 0.2 0.1 - 0.9 16.6 9.8 6.1 0.7 42.7 100 1,572 5 51.5 33.8 11.3 3.9 2.2 - 1.4 14.0 0.4 - - 0.5 17.7 11.9 5.3 0.5 48.5 100 1,123 6 47.8 30.0 9.2 2.9 2.7 0.1 1.3 12.7 0.3 - - 0.8 17.8 10.7 6.1 1.0 52.2 100 663 7 or more 39.9 21.8 6.2 2.0 2.6 0.1 2.1 7.6 0.2 0.1 - 0.8 18.1 11.1 6.0 1.0 60.1 100 1,108 Not reported - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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