Table 7.3 Percentage of currently married women who want no more children, by number of living children and
background characteristics, Philippines 2003
(Desire to limit childbearing)
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Number of living children1
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Background 0 1 2 3 4 5 6+ Total
characteristic
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Residence
Urban 2.9 18.7 58.3 81.7 86.9 89.0 88.9 60.2
Rural 4.4 16.9 53.8 73.5 83.1 85.6 86.7 62.5
Region
National Capital Region 4.9 20.1 60.1 87.8 90.0 95.0 89.5 60.6
Cordillera Admin Region 27.6 14.3 37.0 61.5 75.4 84.2 83.2 53.9
I - Ilocos Region 3.7 7.5 45.9 78.0 87.7 95.2 87.3 57
II - Cagayan Valley 0.0 13.2 50.0 85.5 92.1 96.5 96.9 59.7
III - Central Luzon 3.1 13.1 63.4 81.4 93.1 84.6 91.4 63.8
IVA - Calabarzon 4.9 13.9 56.5 78.3 88.4 92.7 91.3 58.1
IVB - Mimaropa 9.7 10.0 50.0 67.5 92.3 92.3 95.3 64.5
V - Bicol Region 0.0 18.8 49.4 69.8 84.6 79.9 88.7 64.8
VI - Western Visayas 0.0 23.7 65.4 87.1 85.3 91.2 89.6 69.9
VII - Central Visayas 5.6 20.8 68.2 79.5 85.6 89.7 87.8 65.6
VIII - Eastern Visayas 0.0 16.9 48.5 66.1 79.4 86.4 83.0 61.1
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 0.0 43.9 63.8 80.9 86.9 90.9 88.7 69.7
X - Northern Mindanao 8.6 23.0 48.1 74.9 87.1 94.6 84.8 62.7
XI - Davao Peninsula 0.0 27.2 65.6 85.8 80.3 87.8 91.9 66.7
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 0.0 21.2 48.9 76.9 76.9 70.6 86.2 59.6
ARMM 0.0 12.7 53.7 71.3 79.8 76.8 89.6 60.2
Caraga 0.0 8.7 18.6 31.5 41.3 44.3 58.7 30.7
Education
No education 4.5 20.7 46.4 64.5 70.2 82.1 86.4 61.2
Elementary 4.2 21.8 56.4 74.1 87.1 91.4 89.1 65.3
High school 3.7 15.9 55.6 82.8 88.8 87.1 87.6 61.6
College or higher 2.5 15.4 60.0 83.2 89.4 89.3 87.7 59.6
3.1 18.0 60.5 82.2 88.9 87.1 85.9 58.3
Wealth index quintile
Lowest
Second 0.0 20.1 30.0 46.5 54.9 72.8 81.0 57.5
Middle 7.9 23.5 54.7 76.2 81.5 83.2 87.9 69.6
Fourth 2.7 18.3 56.2 77.8 87.1 91.1 88.8 60.5
Highest 2.2 15.3 58.0 81.5 89.3 90.3 82.6 53.9
Total 3.5 18.0 56.4 78.2 85.1 87.2 87.5 61.2
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Notes: Women who have been sterilized are considered to want no more children.
1 Includes current pregnancy
Source: 2003 National Demographic and Health Survey
National Statistics Office & Department of Health
Page last updated: September 11, 2006
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