Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2001-2002 - Measure DHS

Table 6.9 Median duration of postpartum insusceptibility by backgroundcharacteristicsMedian number of months of postpartum amenorrhoea, postpartumabstinence, and postpartum insusceptibility following births in the threeyears preceding the survey, by background characteristics, Zambia 2001-2002–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––NumberPostpartum Postpartum Postpartum ofamenorrhoea abstinence insusceptibility births–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Mother’s age15-29 12.7 4.9 14.5 2,77830-49 14.6 4.5 15.7 1,291ResidenceUrban 9.9 4.6 12.9 1,230Rural 14.4 4.9 15.9 2,839ProvinceCentral 12.5 4.1 13.1 311Copperbelt 11.4 4.2 13.0 641Eastern 14.1 5.3 15.3 568Luapula 13.8 2.6 14.5 390Lusaka 9.1 5.0 10.9 469Northern 15.0 5.8 16.2 642North-Western 15.4 5.7 17.9 217Southern 14.3 3.5 16.2 452Western 14.4 10.4 19.4 379Mother’s educationNo education 15.5 5.6 16.7 602Primary 13.9 4.7 15.3 2,595Secondary 10.0 4.6 12.6 818Higher 3.7 4.2 6.7 54Total 13.3 4.8 14.9 4,069–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Note: Medians are based on status at the time of the survey.6.7 MENOPAUSEAnother factor influencing the risk of pregnancy amongwomen is menopause. In the context of the available survey data,women are considered menopausal if they are neither pregnant norpostpartum amenorrhoeic, but have not had a menstrual period in thesix months preceding the survey (Table 6.10). As expected, theproportion of women who are menopausal increases with age from2 percent for women age 30-34 to 40 percent for women age 48-49.Table 6.10 MenopausePercentage of women age 30-49 whoare menopausal, by age, Zambia2001-2002––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––NumberPercentage ofAge menopausal 1 women––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––30-34 1.5 97235-39 2.9 76640-41 5.6 22542-43 6.9 26544-45 16.0 21646-47 34.8 19748-49 39.7 166Total 8.4 2,807–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––1Percentage of all women who are notpregnant and not postpartum amenorrhoeicwhose last menstrual periodoccurred six or more months precedingthe surveyOther Determinants of Fertility │ 103