Mapping heterogeneity in family planning indicators in Burkina Faso, Kenya, and Nigeria, 2000–2020

Table 1 Family planning indicators

Indicator	Population	Indicator	Relationships
Contraceptive prevalence rate (“CPR”)	All women ages 15–49	Proportion currently using any method(s) of contraception	CPR = mCPR + tCPR
Modern contraceptive prevalence rate (“mCPR”)	All women ages 15–49	Proportion currently using at least one modern^a method of contraception
Traditional contraceptive prevalence rate (“tCPR”)	All women ages 15–49	Proportion currently using only traditional^a methods of contraception
Unmet need for modern methods of contraception (“unmet need”)	All women ages 15–49	Proportion in need^b of family planning and not currently using any modern method(s) ^a of contraception	Met need = mCPR / (mCPR + unmet need)
Met need for family planning with modern methods (“met need”)	Women ages 15–49 in need^b of family planning	Proportion currently using any modern^a method(s) of contraception	Met need = mCPR / (mCPR + unmet need)
Intention to use contraception (“intention to use”)	Women ages 15–49 in need^b of family planning and not currently using any method(s) of contraception	Proportion who intend to use any method of contraception at any point in the future

^aModern methods included contraceptive pills, condoms, diaphragms, spermicides and sponges, implants, injections, intrauterine devices, male and female sterilization, contraceptive patches, contraceptive rings, and emergency contraceptives. All other methods were considered traditional methods
^bWomen were considered “in need” of family planning if they were using any method of contraception; if they were pregnant and reported that their pregnancy was unwanted or wanted later; if they were postpartum amenorrheic following a birth in the previous 24 months and reported that their last pregnancy was unwanted or wanted later; or if they were not pregnant and not postpartum amenorrheic and reported that they wanted no or no additional children, were undecided about having a child or additional children, or desired a child or additional children but not for at least 2 years

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