Prevalence, need for, demand for and knowledge of modern contraception among sexually active women in Benin (n=12 074)
| Indicator | Age | 15–24 years old | 25 years old or more | P value | ||||||||||
| Marital status | Unmarried, sexually active (n=652) | Married (n=2567) | Unmarried, sexually active (n=652) | Married (n=2567) | ||||||||||
| n | % | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI | |||
| Modern contraceptive prevalence rate | Total | 152 | 23.2 | 19.8 to 26.9 | 202 | 8.1 | 7.0 to 9.4 | 58 | 22.5 | 17.6 to 29.2 | 1132 | 13.0 | 12.1 to 14.0 | <0.001 |
| For limiting | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0 to 1.3 | 8 | 0.3 | 0.2 to 0.7 | 18 | 7.7 | 4.7 to 12.4 | 498 | 5.7 | 5.1 to 6.3 | ||
| For spacing | 151 | 23.0 | 19.7 to 26.7 | 194 | 7.8 | 6.7 to 9.0 | 40 | 14.8 | 10.7 to 20.2 | 634 | 7.4 | 6.7 to 8.1 | ||
| Unmet need for modern contraception | Total | 393 | 60.8 | 56.9 to 64.7 | 989 | 38.8 | 36.7 to 41.0 | 113 | 44.5 | 38.0 to 51.0 | 3027 | 35.1 | 33.9 to 36.3 | <0.001 |
| For limiting | 5 | 0.7 | 0.3 to 1.9 | 28 | 1.1 | 0.7 to 1.7 | 33 | 13.4 | 9.4 to 18.7 | 1186 | 13.6 | 12.7 to 14.5 | ||
| For spacing | 388 | 60.1 | 56.1 to 64.0 | 961 | 37.7 | 35.5 to 39.9 | 80 | 31.1 | 25.3 to 37.5 | 1841 | 21.5 | 20.5 to 22.5 | ||
| Total need for modern contraception | Total | 545 | 84.0 | 80.6 to 86.9 | 1191 | 46.9 | 44.4 to 49.3 | 171 | 67.0 | 60.2 to 73.2 | 4159 | 48.1 | 46.8 to 49.4 | <0.001 |
| For limiting | 6 | 0.9 | 0.4 to 2.2 | 1155 | 1.5 | 1.0 to 2.1 | 51 | 21.1 | 16.2 to 27.2 | 1684 | 19.2 | 18.2 to 20.4 | ||
| For spacing | 539 | 83.1 | 79.5 to 86.2 | 1376 | 45.4 | 43.0 to 47.8 | 120 | 45.9 | 39.1 to 52.9 | 2475 | 28.9 | 27.8 to 30.0 | ||
| Existence of barriers to access health services | None (0) | 274 | 40.2 | 36.0 to 44.6 | 1022 | 40.3 | 37.4 to 43.1 | 113 | 45.2 | 38.2 to 52.5 | 3405 | 39.6 | 37.7 to 41.5 | 0.44 |
| Any (≥1) | 378 | 59.8 | 55.4 to 64.0 | 1545 | 59.7 | 56.8 to 62.5 | 139 | 54.8 | 47.5 to 61.9 | 5198 | 60.4 | 58.5 to 62.3 | ||
| No of modern methods known by women | Fewer than 4 | 87 | 13.8 | 10.9 to 17.2 | 470 | 18.0 | 15.9 to 20.3 | 13 | 5.8 | 3.2 to 10.2 | 958 | 10.9 | 9.8 to 12.1 | <0.001 |
| 4–6 | 316 | 50.0 | 45.2 to 54.8 | 1208 | 46.9 | 44.3 to 49.5 | 92 | 35.8 | 29.4 to 42.9 | 3674 | 43.6 | 41.7 to 45.4 | ||
| More than 6 | 249 | 36.2 | 31.8 to 40.9 | 889 | 35.0 | 32.6 to 37.6 | 147 | 58.4 | 51.4 to 65.2 | 3971 | 45.6 | 43.6 to 47.5 | ||
| Median (IQR) | 6 (4–7) | 5 (4–7) | 7 (5–8) | 6 (5–8) | ||||||||||
| Percentage of demand satisfied by a modern method (as of % of women in need) | 27.6 | 23.8 to 31.7 | 17.3 | 15.0 to 19.8 | 33.6 | 26.1 to 42.1 | 27.1 | 25.4 to 28.9 | <0.001 | |||||