Remedios AIDS Foundation, Inc.

FAMILY PLANNING AND MATERNAL & CHILD HEALTH

Unmet Need for Family Planning | Unmet Need for Family Planning by Socio-Economic Status
Commonly Used Methods | Source of Contraceptive Supply | Contraceptive Prevalence by Region
Contraceptive Use by Socio-Economic Status | Reasons for Non-use of Contraception
Prenatal Care Providers | Prenatal Care Visit
Immunization of Children | Immunization of Children by Region | Vitamin A and Iron Supplementation

UNMET NEED FOR FAMILY PLANNING

Unmet need for family planning was highest in ARMM.

1) Unmet need for family planning refers to the proportion of currently married women who were not using any family planning method and did not want any more children or preferred to space births.

2) Unmet need for spacing births includes pregnant women whose pregnancies were mistimed, amenorrheic women whose birth of last child was mistimed, and women who want to wait two or more years for the next birth.

3) Unmet need for limiting births refers to pregnant women whose pregnancies were unwanted, amenorrheic women who want no more children.

Percent of married women with unmet need for family planning by region, Philippines: 2002. (N=11.6M)
REGION	TOTAL	SPACING	LIMITING
PHILIPPINES	20.5	10.6	9.9
Metro Manila	19.7	10.0	9.7
CAR	20.1	11.7	8.4
Ilocos Region	21.1	11.6	9.6
Cagayan Valley	12.2	6.0	6.2
Central Luzon	17.6	9.3	8.2
Southern Tagalog	19.2	9.7	9.5
Bicol Region	28.5	11.5	16.9
Western Visayas	23.6	12.7	11.0
Central Visayas	21.6	10.3	11.3
Eastern Visayas	24.7	10.6	14.0
Western Mindanao	22.1	14.1	8.1
Northern Mindanao	16.3	9.0	7.3
Southern Mindanao	17.2	6.9	10.3
Central Mindanao	14.8	7.6	7.1
ARMM	35.0	28.0	6.9
Caraga	21.1	10.3	10.9