Percentage of women who used emergency contraception in the last 12 months.
Coverage:
Population base: All women (IR file)
Time period: 12 months prior to the survey
Numerator:
Number of women who report their current contraceptive method is emergency contraception (v312 = 16), or they have used emergency contraception in the past 12 months (v3a13 = 1), or reported using emergency contraception in their contraceptive calendar in the last 12 months (a "9" in any of the 12 months preceding the interview in vcal_1)
Denominator: Number of women age 15-49
Variables: IR file.
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v312 |
Current contraceptive method |
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v3a13 |
Used emergency contraception in past 12 months |
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vcal_1 |
Calendar (method use, non-use and pregnancies) |
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v005 |
Woman’s individual sample weight |
Numerator divided by the denominator, multiplied by 100.
Women who are unsure or do not know are excluded from the numerator but included in the denominator.
This indicator was not reported prior to DHS-8.
DHS-8 Tabulation plan: Table 7.7
API Indicator IDs:
TBD
(API link TBD, STATcompiler link TBD)