Bangladesh 1993-1994 Demographic and Health ... - Measure DHS

Table 9.2 Age differences between spousesPercent distribution of couples by age difference bet~veen husband and wife and median agedifference between spouses, according to wife's age, Bangladesh 1993-94Ilusband's age - wife's age (in years)Median NumberWife age ofWife's age older 0-4 5-9 10-14 15+ Total difference couples10-14 (0.0) (11.2) (45.9) (33.2) (9.7) 100.0 8.9 4615-19 0.0 9.6 43.0 33.9 13.5 100.0 9.7 40720-24 0.4 12.0 48.2 27.0 12.4 100,0 &9 69325-29 1.4 18.2 40.1 27.9 12.3 100.0 8.5 68530-34 1.2 16.5 38.1 23.8 20.4 100.0 9.3 50635-39 2.2 14.9 33.9 24.7 24.3 100.0 9.8 40940-44 2.1 12.6 30.7 33.1 21.6 100.0 10.7 34045-49 3.6 14.3 40.6 29.8 11.7 100.0 9.1 241Total 1.3 14.2 40.2 28.2 16.1 100.0 9.3 3327Note: Figures in parentheses are based on 25 to 49 cases.9.2 Knowledge and Use of ContraceptionTable 9.3 shows the percent distribution of married couples by knowledge of specific contraceptivemethods. There is generally high correlation between spouses; if one partner knows a method, the other islikely to know it as well, or, if one parmer does not know a method, the other is also likely not to know it.Exceptions to this are the IUD, male sterilization, and traditional methods, for which there is less consistencyof knowledge between spouses. Husbands are generally less likely than their wives to know about femalemethods such as the IUD and injection and more likely to know about male methods such as the condom andmale sterilization. Surprisingly, wives are more likely than their husbands to have heard of withdrawal,although in one-third of the couples, neither spouse had heard of the method.Table 9.3 Knowledge of family planning methods among married couplesPercent distribution of married couples by contraceptive knowledge, according tospecxfic methods, Bangladesh 1993-94Husband WifeBoth knows, knows, Neitherknow wife husband knowsMethod method doesn't doesn't method TotalAny method 99,6 0.1 0.3 0.0 100.0Any modern method 99.6 0.1 0.3 0.0 100.0Pill 98,9 0.3 0.8 0.0 100.0IUD 66.4 4.2 24.5 4.9 100,0Injection 87.6 2,4 9.3 0.7 100.0Condom 84.7 10.0 3.5 1.7 100.0Female sterilization 96.9 0.8 2.2 0.2 100.0Male sterilization 75.7 13,7 7.4 3.2 100.0Any traditional method 60.8 15,0 16,6 7.6 100.0Periodic abstinence 48.2 20.6 18.3 12.9 100.0Withdrawal 25.9 16.3 25.8 32.0 100.0Other 3.6 7.0 14.4 75,0 100.0122