Indicators

Percentage of women aged 15-49 years, married or in union, who are currently using any modern method of contraception, among those in need of contraception. Women in need of contraception include women who are fecund but report wanting to space their next birth or stop childbearing altogether as well as women with a mistimed or unwanted pregnancy. Modern methods of contraception include: oral contraceptive pills, implants, injectables, contraceptive patch and vaginal ring, intrauterine device (IDU), female and male condoms, female and male sterilization, vaginal barrier methods (including the diaphragm, cervical cap and spermicidal agents), lactational amenorrhea method (LAM), emergency contraception pills, standard days method (SDM), basal body temperature (BBT) method, TwoDay method and sympto-thermal method. Numerator: Number of women aged 15-49 that are fecund and are married or in union and need contraception, who use any kind of contraceptive (modern or traditional). Denominator: Total number of women aged 15-49 that are fecund and are married / have a partner and need contraception.

Economic status, Education, Place of residence, Subnational region

Data are derived from re-analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and Reproductive Health Surveys (RHS) micro-data which are publicly available using the standard indicator definitions as published in DHS, MICS or RHS documentation. The analysis was done by the WHO Collaborating Center for Health Equity Monitoring (International Center for Equity in Health, Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil).

Please note that the above definition applies to the Health Equity Monitor topic of the WHO Indicator and Measurement Registry. In some cases, indicators listed in this topic may not be equivalent to similar indicators listed in other topics of the registry, due to small discrepancies in the definition and calculation of numerator and denominator values. Detailed information about the indicator criteria applied in all WHO-defined categories is available in the WHO Indicator and Measurement Registry (https://www.who.int/data/gho/indicator-metadata-registry/).

hosseinpoora@who.int

Ahmad Hosseinpoor