United States - 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 United States was 7.20 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9.00 in 2015 and a minimum value of 4.00 in 1988.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1988 | 4.00 |
| 1990 | 6.00 |
| 2002 | 6.30 |
| 2007 | 5.80 |
| 2008 | 5.80 |
| 2010 | 8.00 |
| 2014 | 9.00 |
| 2015 | 9.00 |
| 2018 | 7.20 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Reproductive health
