Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2001-2002 - Measure DHS

Table 5.1.1 Knowledge of contraceptive methods: womenPercentage of all women, of currently married women, of sexually active unmarriedwomen, of sexually inactive unmarried women, and of women with no sexual experiencewho know any contraceptive method, by specific method, Zambia 2001-2002–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Unmarried womenwho ever had sex–––––––––––––––––– UnmarriedCurrently Not womenAll married Sexually sexually who neverContraceptive method women women active 1 active 2 had sex–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Any method 97.8 99.3 97.4 98.5 88.8Any modern method 97.6 99.0 97.4 98.4 88.8Female sterilisation 71.8 76.9 68.4 73.3 43.7Male sterilisation 22.6 24.6 20.8 22.5 12.9Pill 92.9 96.2 91.7 94.4 73.5IUD 40.2 45.7 34.3 40.6 13.4Injectables 81.4 86.9 81.6 83.0 50.2Implants 30.9 35.2 22.7 30.8 11.4Male condom 94.1 95.5 95.5 95.5 83.6Female condom 57.8 59.4 57.6 61.0 43.2Diaphragm/Foam/Jelly 29.4 34.1 25.6 28.0 9.5Emergency contraception 9.4 9.9 13.0 10.2 4.5Any traditional method 71.6 82.6 63.3 68.9 23.1Lactational amenorrhoea 3 33.2 39.7 26.6 30.3 7.3Rhythm/Natural family planning 35.6 38.2 33.6 38.3 17.2Withdrawal 56.2 67.6 49.1 51.5 9.0Other 25.7 31.9 18.2 21.3 4.6Mean number of methods known 6.8 7.4 6.4 6.8 3.8Number of women 7,658 4,694 321 1,735 907–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––1Had sexual intercourse in the one month preceding the survey2Did not have sexual intercourse in the one month preceding the survey3Lactational amenorrhoea method (LAM) is usually considered a modern method. However,analysis of the 2001-2002 ZDHS data indicates that many women confused it withsimple breastfeeding so, rather than present misleading data, it was decided to classifyLAM as a traditional method.Contraceptive knowledge is lower among unmarried women who have not had sex than amongthose who initiated sexual activity. Unmarried women reported the male condom to be the mostcommonly known method, closely followed by the pill, regardless of their sexual activity status.Among men, 98 percent know of at least one method of contraception. Like women, a largerproportion of men (98 percent) know a modern method than a traditional method (74 percent). The mostcommonly known modern method is the male condom (98 percent). Similarly, withdrawal is the mostcommonly known traditional method. It is worth noting that knowledge of emergency contraception andimplants is much lower for men than for women.Looking at the number of methods known, it is clear that knowledge of specific methods is lowestamong both women and men who never had sex. For example, while married women have heard of anaverage of 7.4 methods and married men 6.9 methods, unmarried women who have never had sex reportonly knowing an average of 3.8 methods and unmarried men who never had sex 2.8 methods.70 │ Fertility Regulation