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FigureFigureFigure10Relationship between total fertility rate <strong>and</strong> contraceptive prevalence rate <strong>in</strong> 12 <strong>Pacific</strong> countries5.04.54.0TFR3.53.0R 2 = 0.01812.52.010 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50Contraceptive prevalence rateSource: Tables 2-4.Figure115.0Relationship between total fertility rate <strong>and</strong> teenage fertility rate4.54.0R 2 = 0.0312Total fertility rate3.53.02.52.01.51.010 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90Teenage fertility rateSource: Tables 2-4.Unmet need for family plann<strong>in</strong>g:recent evidenceConceptual issuesAs previously noted, <strong>the</strong> ICPD Programme of Actionrecommends that “Government goals for family plann<strong>in</strong>gshould be def<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> terms of unmet need for <strong>in</strong>formation<strong>and</strong> services”. Subsequently, ICPD+5 recommended that“Where <strong>the</strong>re is a gap between contraceptive use <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>proportion of <strong>in</strong>dividuals express<strong>in</strong>g a desire to space orlimit <strong>the</strong>ir families, countries should attempt to close thisgap by at least 50 per cent by 2005, 75 per cent by 2010<strong>and</strong> 100 per cent by 2050” (United Nations, 1999, para.58). The concept of “gap” comes from early generationKAP studies from which <strong>the</strong> term “KAP-gap” was co<strong>in</strong>edto refer to a situation whereby a woman expressed a desireto limit or space births but was not us<strong>in</strong>g any form ofcontraception. Clos<strong>in</strong>g this gap entirely by 2050 was anextremely ambitious goal.85