Table 6.9 Median Number of Months of Postpartum Amenorrhea, Postpartum Abstinence,
and Postpartum Insusceptibility, Following Births in the Three Years
Preceding the Survey,by Background Statistics, Philippines 2003
(Median duration of postpartum insusceptibility by background characteristics)
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Background Postpartum Postpartum Postpartum Number of
characteristic amenorrhea abstinence insusceptibility births
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Age
15-29 4.3 2.7 6.0 2,307
30-49 5.1 2.3 6.3 1,804
Residence
Urban 3.9 2.7 5.0 2,046
Rural 5.9 2.4 7.4 2,065
Region
National Capital Region 3.3 3.2 4.6 590
Cordillera Admin Region 4.2 3.2 7.5 70
I - Ilocos Region 4.0 2.2 5.0 194
II - Cagayan Valley 6.5 2.4 10.5 129
III - Central Luzon 3.8 2.2 5.5 397
IVA - Calabarzon 4.8 3.0 5.6 500
IVB - Mimaropa 7.1 2.0 8.4 139
V - Bicol Region 6.2 2.4 6.9 255
VI - Western Visayas 8.6 3.2 9.4 299
VII - Central Visayas 3.7 1.7 4.5 323
VIII - Eastern Visaya 6.9 3.2 8.2 210
IX - Zamboanga Penins 6.4 2.9 7.9 167
X - Northern Mindanao 4.2 2.1 4.5 180
XI - Davao Peninsula 4.3 2.5 7.1 166
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 6.4 1.8 7.1 190
ARMM 3.5 2.4 4.5 187
Caraga 4.2 2.9 4.9 116
Education
No education 7.0 1.8 8.4 80
Elementary 7.2 2.3 8.2 1,179
High school 4.5 2.5 6.1 1,769
College or higher 3.6 3.0 5.0 1,084
Wealth index quintile
Lowest 7.7 2.3 8.9 1,100
Second 5.3 2.4 6.6 956
Middle 4.3 2.6 5.7 822
Fourth 3.9 2.8 4.6 685
Highest 3.2 3.0 4.0 549
Total 4.6 2.5 6.1 4,111
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Note: Medians are based on current status.
Source: 2003 National Demographic and Health Survey
National Statistics Office & Department of Health
Page last updated: September 11, 2006
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