Contraceptive use among Malawian women 1992-2004

Type Journal Article - Malawi Medical Journal
Title Contraceptive use among Malawian women 1992-2004
Author(s)
Volume 20
Issue 3
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2008
Page numbers 78-79
URL http://www.ajol.info/index.php/mmj/article/viewFile/10963/37747
Abstract
A comparison of four nationally representative household
surveys of Malawian women of reproductive ages indicates
a substantial increase in contraceptive prevalence during the
twenty-year period 1984 to 2004 (see figure 1). Contraceptive
Prevalence Rate (CPR) in Malawi has increased from less
than one percent in 1984 to 7%, 12%, 21% and 22% in 1992,
1996, 2000 and 2004, respectively1-5.
According to the 2007 Population Reference Bureau
Datasheet, Malawi, with an estimated contraceptive
prevalence of 39%, has one of the highest contraceptive
prevalence rates in Sub-Saharan Africa6
. The countries whose
contraceptive prevalence rates are higher than that of Malawi
are Mauritius (42%), Lesotho (42%), Namibia (43%), Cape
Verde (46%), Zimbabwe (58%) and South Africa (60%).

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