Table 5.19 Percent distribution of currently married women and men who are not using
a contraceptive method and who do not intend to use in the future by main
reason for not intending to use, according to age, Philippines 2003
(Reason for not intending to use contraception)
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Age
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Reason 15-29 30-49 Total
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Fertility-related reasons 24.0 47.3 42.9
Not married 0.3 0.2 0.2
Infrequent sex/no sex 3.2 5.7 5.3
Menopausal/had hysterectomy 0.0 14.3 11.6
Subfecund/infecund 1.4 13.8 11.5
Wants as many children as possible 19.4 13.4 14.5
Opposition to use 24.6 17.4 18.7
Respondent opposed 7.4 9.2 8.8
Husband/partner opposed 5.2 3.3 3.7
Others opposed 0.3 0.0 0.1
Religious prohibition 11.7 4.9 6.2
Lack of knowledge 2.6 1.1 1.4
Knows no method 1.9 0.9 1.1
Knows no source 0.7 0.2 0.3
Method-related reasons 44.7 29.7 32.5
Health concerns 17.0 13.6 14.3
Fear of side effects 21.8 12.5 14.2
Lack of access/too far 0.9 0.3 0.4
Costs too much 1.8 1.8 1.8
Inconvenient to use 1.8 1.0 1.1
Interfere with body's normal processes 1.4 0.5 0.7
Other 1.6 2.5 2.3
Don't know/missing 1.4 1.0 1.1
Total 99.2 99.0 99.1
Number 460 1,978 2,438
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Source: 2003 National Demographic and Health Survey
National Statistics Office & Department of Health
Page last updated: September 11, 2006
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