Table 5.9  Percent distribution of women who have ever used contraception by number of living children
           at the time of first use of contraception, according to current age, Philippines 2003
           (Number of children at first use of contraception)

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                      Number of living children at time of
                          first use of contraception                         Number
               --------------------------------------------------                of
Current age         0       1       2        3       4+   Missing    Total    Women
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15-19            43.4    51.6     2.8      0.0      0.0       2.2    100.0      105
20-24            15.1    63.3    17.8      3.4      0.0       0.4    100.0      701
25-29             8.7    51.1    25.8     10.1      4.0       0.2    100.0    1,151
30-34             4.8    38.5    27.9     15.5     13.0       0.3    100.0    1,299
35-39             4.2    31.2    23.1     17.9     23.4       0.3    100.0    1,306
40-44             2.3    28.4    21.5     20.0     27.6       0.3    100.0    1,039
45-49             2.1    25.2    23.9     21.0     27.5       0.3    100.0      852

Total             6.4    38.8    23.5     14.9     16.2       0.3    100.0    6,453

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

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