Table 7.4 Percentage of currently married women with unmet need for family planning, and with met need for family planning,
and the total demand for family planning, by background characteristics, Philippines 2003
(Need for family planning)
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Met need for
Unmet need for family planning Total demand for
family planning1 (currently using)2 family planning3
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Background For For For For For For Percentage Number
characteristic spa- limi- spa- limi- spa- limi- of demand of
cing ting Total cing ting Total cing ting Total satisfied women
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Age
15-19 23.4 5.7 29.1 21.8 3.7 25.6 47.6 9.4 57.0 49.0 239
20-24 19.3 5.6 25.0 28.9 13.8 42.7 51.8 19.7 71.5 65.1 1,095
25-29 13.8 8.4 22.3 26.7 24.5 51.3 43.2 33.8 77.0 71.1 1,548
30-34 8.0 11.3 19.3 15.3 38.1 53.4 25.5 50.7 76.1 74.6 1,663
35-39 3.3 12.2 15.5 6.9 49.7 56.6 10.9 63.0 73.9 79.0 1,633
40-44 1.2 11.8 13.0 2.1 47.8 49.9 3.5 59.9 63.4 79.5 1,341
45-49 0.2 5.6 5.9 0.6 37.2 37.7 0.8 42.9 43.7 86.6 1,152
Residence
Urban 7.5 7.8 15.3 14.3 35.8 50.1 23.5 44.3 67.7 77.4 4,643
Rural 8.5 11.2 19.7 12.9 34.5 47.4 22.8 46.5 69.3 71.5 4,028
Region
National Capital Region 6.3 8.3 14.6 12.9 36.0 48.9 20.6 44.5 65.2 77.6 1,337
Cordillera Admin Region 12.3 6.1 18.5 18.1 28.2 46.3 33.1 35.3 68.4 73.0 134
I - Ilocos Region 6.6 7.9 14.5 16.7 34.0 50.6 24.0 42.1 66.1 78.0 420
II - Cagayan Valley 5.1 8.5 13.7 19.2 33.2 52.4 25.3 42.0 67.3 79.7 325
III - Central Luzon 7.7 7.4 15.0 14.4 40.1 54.5 24.1 47.7 71.8 79.1 960
IVA - Calabarzon 7.0 9.1 16.1 14.6 33.9 48.4 23.2 44.0 67.2 76.1 1,139
IVB - Mimaropa 7.5 9.8 17.3 10.4 32.1 42.5 19.7 42.5 62.2 72.3 257
V - Bicol Region 10.4 13.3 23.7 12.7 34.7 47.4 24.2 49.5 73.7 67.9 457
VI - Western Visayas 7.6 11.9 19.5 9.6 36.5 46.1 18.9 49.1 68.0 71.4 578
VII - Central Visayas 8.0 8.6 16.6 11.4 40.8 52.1 21.6 50.6 72.2 77.0 671
VIII - Eastern Visayas 12.3 15.5 27.8 12.8 31.6 44.4 26.3 47.3 73.6 62.3 355
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 8.9 12.8 21.7 9.5 33.6 43.1 19.7 46.7 66.4 67.3 339
X - Northern Mindanao 5.1 11.4 16.4 16.7 38.4 55.2 23.5 50.3 73.7 77.7 364
XI - Davao Peninsula 5.6 6.4 12.1 15.4 44.0 59.3 22.8 52.0 74.8 83.8 426
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 7.5 9.9 17.4 16.8 34.0 50.7 24.9 45.0 69.9 75.1 364
ARMM 9.3 8.2 17.5 16.4 38.2 54.6 28.5 47.8 76.2 77.0 217
Caraga 18.9 8.6 27.4 10.3 8.4 18.7 30.1 17.2 47.3 42.0 328
Total 7.9 9.4 17.3 13.7 35.2 48.9 23.2 45.3 68.5 74.7 8,671
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Notes: 1 Unmet need for spacing includes pregnant women whose pregnancy was mistimed, amenorrheic women who are not using family planning
and whose last birth was mistimed, and fecund women who are neither pregnant nor amenorrheic and who are not using any method of
family planning and say they want to wait 2 or more years for their next birth. Also included in unmet need for spacing are
fecund women who are not using any method of family planning and say they are unsure whether they want another child or who want
another child but are unsure when to have the birth unless they say it would not be a problem if they discovered they were pregnant
in the next few weeks. Unmet need for limiting refers to pregnant women whose pregnancy was unwanted, amenorrheic women whose last
child was unwanted, and fecund women who are neither pregnant nor amenorrheic and who are not using any method of family planning
and who want no more children. Excluded from the unmet need category are pregnant and amenorrheic women who became pregnant while
using a method (these women are in need of a better method of contraception).
2 Using for spacing is defined as women who are using some method of family planning and say they want to have another child or are
undecided whether to have another. Using for limiting is defined as women who are using and who want no more children.
Note that the specific methods used are not taken into account here.
3 Nonusers who are pregnant or amenorrheic and women whose pregnancy was the result of a contraceptive failure are not included in the
category of unmet need, but are included in total demand for contraception (since they would have been using had their method not failed).
Source: 2003 National Demographic and Health Survey
National Statistics Office & Department of Health
Page last updated: September 11, 2006
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