Table 5.21 Percentage of women who heard or saw a family planning message on the radio or television,
or in a newspaper/magazine, poster or pamphlet in the past few months, according to
background characteristics, Philippines 2003
(Exposure to family planning messages)
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Printed media
Background --------------------------- None of Number
characteristic Newspaper/ these media of
Radio Television magazine Poster Pamphlet sources women
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Age
15-19 51.0 61.3 34.7 31.2 21.9 24.8 2,648
20-24 56.7 65.7 41.2 40.3 29.5 18.9 2,209
25-29 61.5 66.9 42.6 43.5 34.1 17.9 2,034
30-34 61.2 65.1 40.8 43.5 33.0 18.2 1,954
35-39 62.5 64.9 41.6 41.8 31.4 18.3 1,873
40-44 62.5 64.3 40.2 42.9 30.8 19.8 1,564
45-49 62.1 63.3 39.2 40.4 29.1 22.3 1,351
Residence
Urban 60.0 73.6 48.0 44.6 33.5 15.8 7,877
Rural 57.6 51.8 28.6 33.7 24.3 26.1 5,756
Region
National Capital Region 61.7 79.9 53.2 47.4 31.2 11.6 2,387
Cordillera Admin Region 47.4 46.8 46.4 49.6 41.6 24.5 216
I - Ilocos Region 59.9 67.6 45.3 38.8 30.9 19.6 642
II - Cagayan Valley 71.2 52.5 34.9 29.6 27.7 13.1 426
III - Central Luzon 62.4 81.3 44.0 32.0 24.0 11.2 1,459
IVA - Calabarzon 65.6 78.0 51.1 45.8 38.0 14.8 1,890
IVB - Mimaropa 64.6 53.4 34.5 36.9 30.4 19.9 340
V - Bicol Region 47.6 48.5 27.4 35.1 23.7 28.9 713
VI - Western Visayas 58.8 56.7 31.6 42.0 29.3 21.4 910
VII - Central Visayas 55.5 55.6 36.6 42.5 32.0 26.2 1,070
VIII - Eastern Visayas 74.7 69.0 43.5 55.0 42.2 11.1 555
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 45.3 33.3 19.6 15.4 14.1 44.6 465
X - Northern Mindanao 55.1 55.4 32.8 36.3 26.2 28.2 565
XI - Davao Peninsula 50.6 54.8 29.1 44.4 27.4 22.1 654
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 55.7 53.6 29.5 35.3 24.5 29.9 524
Caraga 57.2 57.7 29.7 47.7 32.4 21.9 327
ARMM 38.8 28.2 12.4 15.7 14.6 50.1 489
Education
No education 24.7 12.3 2.8 4.8 3.2 71.0 186
Elementary 52.3 46.2 19.9 25.0 15.1 32.3 3,146
High school 59.2 65.2 37.1 37.2 25.9 19.4 6,109
College or higher 65.2 79.3 60.4 56.9 47.0 9.9 4,192
Wealth index quintile
Lowest 47.0 26.2 13.6 23.3 14.1 43.4 2,161
Second 60.6 54.2 28.1 32.9 22.8 23.2 2,412
Middle 62.5 72.9 41.0 40.0 29.6 15.1 2,682
Fourth 61.3 77.4 48.6 45.3 34.0 12.9 2,940
Highest 60.7 77.9 56.2 50.8 40.2 13.6 3,438
Total 59.0 64.4 39.8 40.0 29.6 20.2 13,633
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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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