Table 5.3  Percentage of all women and of currently married women who have ever used any contraceptive method, by specific method and age, Philippines 2003
           (Ever use of contraception)

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                                             Modern method                                                      Traditional method
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                                                                                     Stan-            Emer-     Any   Calendar/
                     Any    Female                                   Mucus,  Basal    dard            gency  tradi-     rhythm/                  Number
             Any  modern    steri-               Inject-    Male  Billings,   body    days           contra  tional    periodic   With-              of
Age       method  method  lization   Pill   IUD    ables  condom  ovulation   temp  method   LAM    ception  method  abstinence  drawal  Other    women
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                                                                       ALL WOMEN
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15-19        4.0     2.4      0.0     1.1   0.3      0.4     0.6        0.1    0.1     0.0   0.2        0.0     2.3         0.6     2.0    0.1    2,648
20-24       31.8    24.9      0.1    17.4   3.2      5.9     5.3        0.4    0.3     0.1   1.8        0.2    17.3         5.8    15.1    0.5    2,209
25-29       56.6    45.0      2.4    32.9   6.5     11.1    10.8        1.0    0.3     0.2   2.5        0.4    31.7        13.4    26.4    1.2    2,034
30-34       66.5    55.8      6.7    40.1   9.7     13.7    14.9        1.3    0.9     0.2   4.1        0.8    38.2        19.0    30.2    2.1    1,954
35-39       69.7    57.9     12.4    39.3   9.8     11.6    14.8        1.1    0.6     0.3   4.5        0.4    41.9        23.0    31.2    2.3    1,873
40-44       66.5    54.8     17.4    33.6  10.7      6.5    14.6        1.1    0.3     0.4   3.3        0.5    37.5        23.2    29.1    1.8    1,564
45-49       63.1    50.5     19.1    28.7   8.6      4.9    14.8        1.0    0.6     0.4   3.3        0.5    38.1        21.8    28.9    2.7    1,351

Total       47.3    38.5      6.9    25.8   6.4      7.5     9.9        0.8    0.4     0.2   2.6        0.4    27.3        13.8    21.6    1.4   13,633

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                                                                  CURRENTLY MARRIED WOMEN
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15-19       36.8    21.8      0.0    11.4   3.6      4.4     2.1        0.4    1.0     0.0   1.4        0.4    20.9         5.6    18.1    1.6      239
20-24       61.0    47.8      0.3    33.7   6.2     11.9     9.9        0.7    0.5     0.2   3.6        0.5    33.2        11.1    28.9    1.0    1,095
25-29       71.5    57.2      3.2    42.0   8.2     14.4    13.7        1.3    0.3     0.3   2.9        0.5    39.9        16.6    33.3    1.6    1,548
30-34       75.8    63.7      7.9    45.7  11.2     15.7    16.9        1.4    1.0     0.3   4.7        0.9    43.8        21.9    34.6    2.4    1,663
35-39       76.5    63.4     13.8    43.4  10.9     13.1    16.0        1.3    0.7     0.2   4.7        0.5    45.9        25.3    34.2    2.5    1,633
40-44       72.2    59.6     19.0    36.2  11.9      7.2    16.5        1.0    0.4     0.5   3.6        0.5    41.2        25.6    32.2    1.8    1,341
45-49       67.7    54.0     21.2    30.4   9.4      5.4    16.4        1.1    0.7     0.3   3.7        0.5    41.7        24.3    31.5    2.8    1,152

Total       70.6     57.4    10.5    38.6   9.6     11.5    14.7        1.1    0.6     0.3   3.8        0.6    40.8        20.7    32.3    2.1    8,671

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Notes:   Methods ever used by less than 0.5 percent of women in any age group have been omitted.
         LAM = Lactational amenorrhea method 

Source:  2003 National Demographic and Health Survey
         National Statistics Office & Department of Health

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