World Development Report 1984

planning services (public and commercial), the maximum possible index are recorded as A, 60
method mix, outreach, use of mass media, local to 79 percent as B, 40 to 59 percent as C, 20 to 39
financial support, and record keeping and evalua- percent as D, and 0 to 19 percent as E.
tion. Countries that received 80 percent or more of
Contraceptive prevalence
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_ 0-9 percent
_ percent 10-34
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- Colors on this map represent the per-
~~ centage of women of reproductive age
(15 to 49 years) who use any type of
which also gives prevalence rates by
type of contraception, and Table 20 of
the World Development lndicators.
35-59 percent contraception. Countnies colored yel- The range of contraceptive prevalence
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* 60-100 percent low, for example, have fewer than 10 for Brazil has been estimated, based
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percent of married women using contraception.
The data are from Table 3,
on data from private sources and surveys
in several states.
These charts show the prevalence of Colombia Sri Lanka Thailand
specific contraceptive methods in three Sterilization 1978 1982 1978
developing countries. The method mix Fml
varies greatly across countries, though Ml
effective modern methods generally >-2W
predominate. Similar variability exists Pill / .'ii\ /,,,6f
across developed countries. \/ ; ¢
IUD t -
spermicide Rhythm, withdrawal,
and other