Global Health Observatory (GHO)

Modern contraceptive prevalence: inequality by educational level

Situation

The median coverage in study country subgroups with no education, primary education, and secondary education or higher was 15.5%, 29.2% and 34.4%, respectively


Trends

Between 2001-2005 and 2006-2010 the median prevalence in study countries increased from 11.7% to 27.1% among non-educated women and from 28.0% to 35.6% among women with primary education

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