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

Table 4.6 Current use of family plarmingPercent distribution of currently married women by contraceptive method currently used, according to age, Bangladesh1993-94Modern methodTraditional methodAny Female Male Notmodern steri- stetl- Any Periodic With- cur- NumberAgeAny meth- Injee- Con- hza- liza- trad. absti- draw- rently ofmethod od Pill IUD tion dora tion tion method ne~ee al Othcx using Total women10-14 22.1 10.5 7.2 0.0 1.1 2.1 0.0 0.0 11.6 6.5 5.2 0.0 77.9 i00.0 14015-19 24.7 19.6 12.4 1.8 2.3 2.9 0.l 0.2 5.1 3.3 1.7 0.1 75.3 100.0 122420-24 37.6 32.0 19.7 2.2 4.2 3.5 2.0 0.4 5.6 3.6 1.4 0.6 62.4 100.0 196425-29 50.6 43.5 23.5 3.0 6.0 3.6 6.6 0.9 7.1 3.8 2.6 0.7 49.4 100.0 191130-34 57.2 46.1 20.3 2.7 6.0 2.6 12.4 2.2 11.1 5.9 3.2 2.0 42.8 100.0 135335-39 58.5 46.7 15.7 2.2 5.7 3.3 18.4 1.4 11.8 6.2 3.7 1.9 41.5 100.0 107940-44 51.9 38.2 12.1 1.6 3.7 2.1 16.6 2.0 13.7 9.1 3.2 1.4 48.1 100.0 76745-49 29.3 21.3 4.7 0.l 1.2 1.2 I2.0 2.1 8.0 4.5 1.2 2.3 70.7 100.0 541Total 44.6 36.2 17,4 2.2 4.5 3.0 8.1 1.1 8.4 4.8 2.5 1.1 55.4 100.0 8980The most popular method by far is the pill, which is used by 17 percent of married women. Use of thepill accounts for almost 40 percent of all contraceptive use in Bangladesh. Other commonly used methodsare female sterilization (8 percent), periodic abstinence (5 percent), and injection (5 percent). Only 3 percentof married women reported that they rely on condoms as a contraceptive method, while another 3 percent saidthey use withdrawal as a method. The proportion of women who use the IUD or whose husbands aresterilized is 2 percent or less.The pattern of current use by age shows a peak at ages 30-39. The drop in contraceptive use amongolder women may reflect declining fecundity, while lower levels among women under 25 are to be expectedsince many may not yet have reached their desired family size. However, it is notable that one in five marriedwomen (22 percent) age 10-14 are deliberately controlling their fertility early in marriage. Similarly, womenin age group 15-19 report a contraceptive use rate of 25 percent.The methods that women use vary by age. The pill and periodic abstinence are the most commonlyused methods among women age 10-19. Among women in their early 20s, injection is the second mostpopular method after the pill. There is a gradual shift to longer-term methods among older women, so thatby age 25-29, female sterilization is second to the pill; by age 35-39, it is the most widely used method. Onein six married women (16 percent) in their late 30s and 40s has been sterilized.Trends in Current Use of Family PlanningThe level of contraceptive use in Bangladesh has risen steadily over the last two decades. Thecontraceptive prevalence rate for any method has increased fivefold since 1975, from 8 to 45 percent ofmarried women (see Table 4,7 and Figure 4.1). Use of modem methods has grown even faster. In theroughly two and one-half years since the 1991 CPS was conducted, contraceptive use has increased from 40to 45 percent among married women and use of modem methods has risen from 31 to 36 percent. Overall,there has been a steady rise in the contraceptive prevalence rate since 1975, with an average increase of abouttwo percentage points a year.44