Unmet Need for Contraception

The concept of 'unmet need for contraception', which refers to the proportion of women who do not want to become pregnant but are not using contraception, has been used in the international population field since the 1960s. The concept wa...

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Main Authors: Mills, Samuel, Bos, Ed, Suzuki, Emi
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/03/13120194/unmet-need-contraception
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spelling okr-10986-94622021-04-23T14:02:45Z Unmet Need for Contraception Mills, Samuel Bos, Ed Suzuki, Emi ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTION ACCESS TO FAMILY PLANNING ACCESS TO FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES BEHAVIORAL CHANGE BIRTH CONTROL BIRTHS CHILDBEARING CONTRACEPTION CONTRACEPTIVE CONTRACEPTIVE METHOD CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE RATE CONTRACEPTIVE SUPPLIES CONTRACEPTIVE USE CONTRACEPTIVE USER CONTRACEPTIVES COSTS OF CONTRACEPTIVES DEMAND FOR CONTRACEPTION DEMAND FOR CONTRACEPTIVES DEMAND FOR FAMILY PLANNING DEMAND FOR FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES EDUCATED WOMEN FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAM FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMS FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES FAMILY SIZE FAMILY SIZES FERTILITY FERTILITY DECLINE FERTILITY PREFERENCES FERTILITY SURVEYS FERTILITY TRANSITION HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH INDICATORS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUSBANDS IMPLICATIONS FOR POPULATION POLICY INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFERTILITY INFORMED CHOICES INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING PERSPECTIVES INTERNATIONAL POPULATION INTERVENTION LACK OF KNOWLEDGE LARGE FAMILIES LEVEL OF FERTILITY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT LOW FERTILITY MARRIED WOMEN MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL MORTALITY METHOD OF CONTRACEPTION METHODS OF CONTRACEPTION NEED FOR FAMILY PLANNING NUMBER OF CHILDREN POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION FIELD POPULATION INFORMATION POPULATION INFORMATION PROGRAM PREGNANCY PUBLIC HEALTH RELIGIOUS REASONS REPRODUCTIVE AGE REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR SEX SMALLER FAMILIES SPOUSE SUPPLY OF CONTRACEPTIVES UNMET NEED FOR CONTRACEPTION UNMET NEED FOR FAMILY PLANNING URBAN AREAS USE OF CONTRACEPTION USE OF FAMILY PLANNING WOMAN The concept of 'unmet need for contraception', which refers to the proportion of women who do not want to become pregnant but are not using contraception, has been used in the international population field since the 1960s. The concept was developed from the first family planning and fertility surveys conducted in developing countries, which found a disconnect between women's knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) about contraception. Unmet need for contraception is one of several frequently used indicators for monitoring of family planning programs, and was recently added to the millennium development goal of improving maternal health. Some other indicators that are used in combination with unmet need are the contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR), the method mix, sources of contraceptive supplies, and reasons for not using contraception. In this note, authors deal mainly with the unmet need indicator, but believe that other indicators should also be part of monitoring and evaluation of family planning programs to broaden the understanding of the use of family planning in countries. 2012-08-13T08:39:35Z 2012-08-13T08:39:35Z 2010-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/03/13120194/unmet-need-contraception http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9462 English At a glance CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research The World Region
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topic ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTION
ACCESS TO FAMILY PLANNING
ACCESS TO FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES
BEHAVIORAL CHANGE
BIRTH CONTROL
BIRTHS
CHILDBEARING
CONTRACEPTION
CONTRACEPTIVE
CONTRACEPTIVE METHOD
CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS
CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE
CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE RATE
CONTRACEPTIVE SUPPLIES
CONTRACEPTIVE USE
CONTRACEPTIVE USER
CONTRACEPTIVES
COSTS OF CONTRACEPTIVES
DEMAND FOR CONTRACEPTION
DEMAND FOR CONTRACEPTIVES
DEMAND FOR FAMILY PLANNING
DEMAND FOR FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
EDUCATED WOMEN
FAMILY MEMBERS
FAMILY PLANNING
FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAM
FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMS
FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES
FAMILY SIZE
FAMILY SIZES
FERTILITY
FERTILITY DECLINE
FERTILITY PREFERENCES
FERTILITY SURVEYS
FERTILITY TRANSITION
HEALTH EFFECTS
HEALTH INDICATORS
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUSBANDS
IMPLICATIONS FOR POPULATION POLICY
INFANT
INFANT MORTALITY
INFERTILITY
INFORMED CHOICES
INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING
INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING PERSPECTIVES
INTERNATIONAL POPULATION
INTERVENTION
LACK OF KNOWLEDGE
LARGE FAMILIES
LEVEL OF FERTILITY
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
LOW FERTILITY
MARRIED WOMEN
MATERNAL HEALTH
MATERNAL MORTALITY
METHOD OF CONTRACEPTION
METHODS OF CONTRACEPTION
NEED FOR FAMILY PLANNING
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
POPULATION FIELD
POPULATION INFORMATION
POPULATION INFORMATION PROGRAM
PREGNANCY
PUBLIC HEALTH
RELIGIOUS REASONS
REPRODUCTIVE AGE
REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR
SEX
SMALLER FAMILIES
SPOUSE
SUPPLY OF CONTRACEPTIVES
UNMET NEED FOR CONTRACEPTION
UNMET NEED FOR FAMILY PLANNING
URBAN AREAS
USE OF CONTRACEPTION
USE OF FAMILY PLANNING
WOMAN
spellingShingle ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTION
ACCESS TO FAMILY PLANNING
ACCESS TO FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES
BEHAVIORAL CHANGE
BIRTH CONTROL
BIRTHS
CHILDBEARING
CONTRACEPTION
CONTRACEPTIVE
CONTRACEPTIVE METHOD
CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS
CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE
CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE RATE
CONTRACEPTIVE SUPPLIES
CONTRACEPTIVE USE
CONTRACEPTIVE USER
CONTRACEPTIVES
COSTS OF CONTRACEPTIVES
DEMAND FOR CONTRACEPTION
DEMAND FOR CONTRACEPTIVES
DEMAND FOR FAMILY PLANNING
DEMAND FOR FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
EDUCATED WOMEN
FAMILY MEMBERS
FAMILY PLANNING
FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAM
FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMS
FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES
FAMILY SIZE
FAMILY SIZES
FERTILITY
FERTILITY DECLINE
FERTILITY PREFERENCES
FERTILITY SURVEYS
FERTILITY TRANSITION
HEALTH EFFECTS
HEALTH INDICATORS
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUSBANDS
IMPLICATIONS FOR POPULATION POLICY
INFANT
INFANT MORTALITY
INFERTILITY
INFORMED CHOICES
INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING
INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING PERSPECTIVES
INTERNATIONAL POPULATION
INTERVENTION
LACK OF KNOWLEDGE
LARGE FAMILIES
LEVEL OF FERTILITY
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
LOW FERTILITY
MARRIED WOMEN
MATERNAL HEALTH
MATERNAL MORTALITY
METHOD OF CONTRACEPTION
METHODS OF CONTRACEPTION
NEED FOR FAMILY PLANNING
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
POPULATION FIELD
POPULATION INFORMATION
POPULATION INFORMATION PROGRAM
PREGNANCY
PUBLIC HEALTH
RELIGIOUS REASONS
REPRODUCTIVE AGE
REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR
SEX
SMALLER FAMILIES
SPOUSE
SUPPLY OF CONTRACEPTIVES
UNMET NEED FOR CONTRACEPTION
UNMET NEED FOR FAMILY PLANNING
URBAN AREAS
USE OF CONTRACEPTION
USE OF FAMILY PLANNING
WOMAN
Mills, Samuel
Bos, Ed
Suzuki, Emi
Unmet Need for Contraception
geographic_facet The World Region
relation At a glance
description The concept of 'unmet need for contraception', which refers to the proportion of women who do not want to become pregnant but are not using contraception, has been used in the international population field since the 1960s. The concept was developed from the first family planning and fertility surveys conducted in developing countries, which found a disconnect between women's knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) about contraception. Unmet need for contraception is one of several frequently used indicators for monitoring of family planning programs, and was recently added to the millennium development goal of improving maternal health. Some other indicators that are used in combination with unmet need are the contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR), the method mix, sources of contraceptive supplies, and reasons for not using contraception. In this note, authors deal mainly with the unmet need indicator, but believe that other indicators should also be part of monitoring and evaluation of family planning programs to broaden the understanding of the use of family planning in countries.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Mills, Samuel
Bos, Ed
Suzuki, Emi
author_facet Mills, Samuel
Bos, Ed
Suzuki, Emi
author_sort Mills, Samuel
title Unmet Need for Contraception
title_short Unmet Need for Contraception
title_full Unmet Need for Contraception
title_fullStr Unmet Need for Contraception
title_full_unstemmed Unmet Need for Contraception
title_sort unmet need for contraception
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/03/13120194/unmet-need-contraception
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9462
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