Dominican Republic - Unmet need for contraception
Unmet need for contraception (% of married women ages 15-49)
The value for Unmet need for contraception (% of married women ages 15-49) in Dominican Republic was 11.40 as of 2014. As the graph below shows, over the past 28 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 19.40 in 1991 and a minimum value of 10.80 in 2013.
Definition: Unmet need for contraception is the percentage of fertile, married women of reproductive age who do not want to become pregnant and are not using contraception.
Source: Household surveys, including Demographic and Health Surveys and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys. Largely compiled by United Nations Population Division.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1986 | 19.40 |
| 1991 | 19.40 |
| 1996 | 14.30 |
| 1999 | 13.80 |
| 2002 | 12.40 |
| 2007 | 11.10 |
| 2013 | 10.80 |
| 2014 | 11.40 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Reproductive health
