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TableTable4is not very pronounced. However, those with a primary levelof education or no education had much higher unmet needfor contraception as compared with more highly educatedwomen <strong>and</strong> this was true for all <strong>the</strong> three regions. Unmetneed for contraception was much higher among older <strong>and</strong>higher parity women (see Tables 4 <strong>and</strong> 5).Tables 6-8 show that <strong>in</strong> 2004 unmet need for moderncontraception for birth limitation was ra<strong>the</strong>r low amongwomen younger than 30 years of age, <strong>and</strong> among thosewith fewer than 2 children. However, women 40 years<strong>and</strong> older had a very high level of unmet need for moderncontraception for birth limitation, regardless of <strong>the</strong> number249