Deriving national and disaggregated estimates for the demand for family planning satisfied indicator from contraceptive prevalence using household health surveys.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Demand for family planning satisfied (DFPS) is one of the core indicators for monitoring reproductive health. However, it involves a series of questions that are not always available in national health surveys, hindering the international comparability and tracking progress in those settings. This study updates an alternative method for calculating DFPS based on contraceptive prevalence (CPR) when direct estimation is not feasible.

Methods

Based on survey data from 1,099 subnational regions across 103 countries, we fitted least-squares regression models that predicts DFPS for both any contraceptive methods and modern methods. A fractional polynomial approach was employed to account for non-linear relationships. Model performance was assessed using a 5-fold cross-v

SUBMITTER: Ferreira LZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12606838 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature