Table 1: Short-Acting Method Use and Long-Acting and Permanent Method Use by Country

Table 1. Short-Acting Method Use and Long-Acting and Permanent Method Use by Country¹
CPR-
Improved
Countries
Short-Acting Method Use²
(% of Currently Married Women)
Long-Acting and Permanent Method Use³
(% of Currently Married Women)
DHS 1 DHS 2 DHS 3 % Point
Change in
SAM use
(DHS3-DHS1)
DHS 1 DHS 2 DHS 3 % Point
Change in
LAPM use
(DHS3-DHS1)
Ethiopia 5.9 13.4 23.1 17.2 0.4 0.6 4.2 3.8
Madagascar 7.9 16.2 26.0 18.1 1.9 2.0 3.1 1.2
Malawi 21.1 21.8 30.8 9.7 5.0 6.4 11.4 6.4
Rwanda 4.7 8.8 36.8 32.1 1.0 1.0 7.6 6.6
Zambia 11.8 23 30.5 18.7 2.4 2.4 2.4 0
CPR-
Stagnant
Countries
 
Benin 2.5 5.8 4.6 2.1 0.9 1.4 1.4 0.5
Ghana 11.1 14.9 13.7 2.6 2.1 3.8 2.7 0.6
Mali 3.8 5.2 6.3 2.5 0.7 0.6 0.5 -0.2
Nigeria 6.2 7.1 8.3 2.1 2.4 0.9 1.4 -1
Senegal 5.8 8.7 10.1 4.3 2.3 1.6 1.9 -0.4
¹Data source: ICF International 2012.
Ethiopia: DHS1=2000; DHS2=2005; DHS3=2011 Prelim; Madagascar: DHS1=1997; DHS2=2003-2004; DHS3=2008-2009; Malawi: DHS1=2000; DHS2=2004; DHS3=2010; Rwanda: DHS1=2000; DHS2=2005; DHS3=2010 Prelim; Zambia: DHS1=1996; DHS2=2001-2002; DHS3=2007; Benin: DHS1=1996; DHS2=2001; DHS3=2006; Ghana: DHS1=1998; DHS2=2003; DHS3=2008; Mali: DHS1=1995-1996; DHS2=2001; DHS3=2006; Nigeria: DHS1=1999; DHS2=2003; DHS3=2008; Senegal: DHS1=1997; DHS2=2005; DHS3=2010-2011

²Short-acting methods include injectables, pills, condom, diaphragm, foam, jelly, and lactational amenorrhea method (LAM).

³Long-acting and permanent methods include IUD, implants, male sterilization, and female sterilization.

Note: Respondents who reported using an “other modern method” were excluded.