Demand for family planning satisfied with modern methods among sexually active women in low- and middle-income countries: who is lagging behind?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Family planning is key for reducing unintended pregnancies and their health consequences and is also associated with improvements in economic outcomes. Our objective was to identify groups of sexually active women with extremely low demand for family planning satisfied with modern methods (mDFPS) in low- and middle-income countries, at national and subnational levels to inform the improvement and expansion of programmatic efforts to narrow the gaps in mDFPS coverage.

Methods

Analyses were based on Demographic and Health Survey and Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey data. The most recent surveys carried out since 2000 in 77 countries were included in the analysis. We estimated mDFPS among women aged 15-49 years. Subgroups with low coverage (mDFPS below 20%) were ide

SUBMITTER: Ewerling F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5840731 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature