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TableTable12TableTable13need is found <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> women aged 45-49 <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> both years, althoughit is very likely that many women <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> this age group believed<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>mselves to be at low risk of c<strong>on</strong>ceiv<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g a child. Am<strong>on</strong>gwomen aged 40-49, unmet need <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>creased somewhatbetween <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> two surveys, whereas <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> all age groups between15 <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> 39 it decl<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ed, although not by much. In <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> caseof educati<strong>on</strong>, unmet need fell am<strong>on</strong>g those with less thangrade 6 educati<strong>on</strong> but <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>creased am<strong>on</strong>g women with grade6 or more, but <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> both years women with no educati<strong>on</strong> had<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> highest unmet need – over 50 per cent <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> both years –while women with grade 7 or higher had <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> lowest.Although <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> proporti<strong>on</strong> of women aged 15-49 hav<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g anunmet need for family plann<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g decl<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ed between 1996 <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>2006, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> decl<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>e was not sufficient to offset <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> growth <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g><str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> populati<strong>on</strong> of women <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> reproductive age range.C<strong>on</strong>sequently, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> actual number of women with an unmetneed rose significantly over <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> decade (see Table 13 <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>Figure 5). The number of women with an unmet need forFP rose from an estimated 480,000 <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> 1996 to 632,000 <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>2006, an <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>crease of about 30 per cent. As Figure 5 makesclear, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>crease <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> number of women with an unmetneed is particularly large am<strong>on</strong>g women aged 40 years <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>363

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