Table 3. Percent distribution of married women by current contraceptive method used, according to five-year age group, Philippines: 2000
| Age Group |
Any method |
MODERN METHOD | TRADITIONAL METHOD | No method |
Total | Number of women (in '000) |
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| Any modern method |
Pill | IUD | Injection | Diaphragm/ Foam/ Jelly/ Cream |
Condom | Female steri- lization |
Male steri- lization |
Mucus/ Billings/ Ovulation |
Temperature | LAM | Any traditional |
Calendar/ Rhythm |
Withdrawal | Other | |||||
| ALL WOMEN | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 27.1 | 18.7 | 7.8 | 1.9 | 1.4 | - | 0.8 | 6.3 | 0.1 | - | - | 0.3 | 8.4 | 5.4 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 72.9 | 100.0 | 19,551 |
| 15-19 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | - | 98.7 | 100.0 | 4,162 |
| 20-24 | 12.5 | 9.2 | 5.6 | 1.1 | 1.4 | - | 0.4 | 0.3 | - | - | - | 0.4 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 87.5 | 100.0 | 3,123 |
| 25-29 | 31.7 | 23.5 | 14.4 | 2.7 | 2.8 | - | 0.9 | 2.0 | 0.1 | - | - | 0.6 | 8.3 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 0.2 | 68.2 | 100.0 | 2,646 |
| 30-34 | 43.2 | 30.5 | 16.2 | 4.2 | 2.2 | - | 1.4 | 5.9 | 0.1 | - | - | 0.4 | 12.7 | 8.7 | 3.8 | 0.3 | 56.7 | 100.0 | 2,657 |
| 35-39 | 47.4 | 31.8 | 12.7 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 11.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | - | 0.5 | 15.7 | 10.3 | 5.2 | 0.1 | 52.6 | 100.0 | 2,662 |
| 40-44 | 43.4 | 28.0 | 6.1 | 1.9 | 1.4 | - | 1.0 | 17.2 | 0.2 | - | - | 0.1 | 15.4 | 10.4 | 4.5 | 0.6 | 56.6 | 100.0 | 2,358 |
| 45-49 | 30.0 | 20.4 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.3 | - | 0.8 | 15.8 | 0.4 | - | - | 0.1 | 9.6 | 6.5 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 70.0 | 100.0 | 1,943 |
| MARRIED WOMEN | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 47.0 | 32.3 | 13.7 | 3.3 | 2.5 | - | 1.3 | 10.6 | 0.2 | - | - | 0.5 | 14.7 | 9.5 | 4.8 | 0.4 | 53.0 | 100.0 | 11,031 |
| 15-19 | 22.9 | 16.1 | 10.5 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | 1.1 | 6.8 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 0.4 | 77.1 | 100.0 | 220 |
| 20-24 | 38.1 | 27.9 | 17.0 | 3.4 | 4.1 | - | 1.2 | 0.9 | - | - | - | 1.3 | 10.1 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 0.4 | 61.9 | 100.0 | 999 |
| 25-29 | 47.1 | 34.7 | 21.3 | 4.0 | 4.1 | - | 1.4 | 2.9 | 0.1 | - | - | 0.9 | 12.4 | 7.2 | 4.9 | 0.3 | 52.9 | 100.0 | 1,760 |
| 30-34 | 52.7 | 37.0 | 19.9 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 7.0 | 0.1 | - | - | 0.5 | 15.7 | 10.6 | 4.7 | 0.4 | 47.2 | 100.0 | 2,144 |
| 35-39 | 54.4 | 36.3 | 14.6 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 12.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | - | 0.6 | 18.0 | 11.8 | 6.0 | 0.2 | 45.6 | 100.0 | 2,272 |
| 40-44 | 49.9 | 31.9 | 7.0 | 2.2 | 1.6 | - | 1.2 | 19.4 | 0.2 | - | - | 0.2 | 18.0 | 12.1 | 5.2 | 0.7 | 50.1 | 100.0 | 1,999 |
| 45-49 | 34.4 | 23.1 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.4 | - | 0.9 | 17.7 | 0.5 | - | - | 0.1 | 11.3 | 7.7 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 65.6 | 100.0 | 1,636 |