Abbreviated Name:
Demand for family planning satisfied with modern methods
Indicator Name:
Demand for family planning satisfied with modern methods
Domain:
Health System Response/ Service coverage
Related Terms:
Unmet need Reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent
Definition:
Proportion of women of reproductive age (15-49 years), who are sexually active, who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern methods
Measurment Method:
The percentage of women of reproductive age (15–49 years) who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern methods is also
referred to as the proportion of demand satisfied by modern methods. The components of the indicator are contraceptive prevalence (any method
and modern methods) and unmet need for family planning.
Currently, the variant of this indicator that is measured is “Percentage of women of reproductive age (15−49 years) who are sexually active and who
have their need for family planning satisfied with modern methods.
referred to as the proportion of demand satisfied by modern methods. The components of the indicator are contraceptive prevalence (any method
and modern methods) and unmet need for family planning.
Currently, the variant of this indicator that is measured is “Percentage of women of reproductive age (15−49 years) who are sexually active and who
have their need for family planning satisfied with modern methods.
Numerator:
Number of women with family planning demand who use modern methods
Denominator
Total number of women in need of family planning
Estimation method:
Household surveys include a series of questions to measure modern contraceptive prevalence rate and demand for family planning. Total demand for family planning is defined as the sum of the number of women of reproductive age (15–49 years) who are married or in a union and who are currently using, or whose sexual partner is currently using, at least one contraceptive method, and the unmet need for family planning. Unmet need for family planning is the proportion of women of reproductive age (15–49 years) either married or in a consensual union, who are fecund and sexually active but who are not using any method of contraception (modern or traditional), and report not wanting any more children or wanting to delay the birth of their next child for at least two years. Included are: 1. all pregnant women (married or in a consensual union) whose pregnancies were unwanted or mistimed at the time of conception; 2. all postpartum amenorrhoeic women (married or in consensual union) who are not using family planning and whose last birth was unwanted or mistimed; 3. all fecund women (married or in consensual union) who are neither pregnant nor postpartum amenorrhoeic, and who either do not want any more children (want to limit family size), or who wish to postpone the birth of a child for at least two years or do not know when or if they want another child (want to space births), but are not using any contraceptive method.
Disaggregation:
Age, method, wealth quintile (comparing the lowest to the highest quintile), age, marital status, parity, urban/rural, ethnicity, etc.
Primary data sources:
Population-based health surveys such as the DHS, RHS, MICS, and other nationally Sponsored surveys
Alternate data sources:
Service statistics
Measurment frequency:
Every 3-5 years
