… METHODS: To determine current patterns and recent changes in method mix, we examined
109 low- and middleincome countries. A variety of statistical methods were used to test four …

… On average, 40.9% of women in need of contraception were not using any contraceptive
methods to avoid pregnancy. Overall, the most prevalent reasons for nonuse of contraceptives …

… Modern contraceptive use is defined as whether a woman (sexually active) or her partner is
currently using at least 1 modern method of contraception. Modern methods of contraception …

… method shares around their own mean and apply that to a secondary analysis of method mix
data for 8 contraceptive methods … A high AD value indicates a skewed method mix while a …

… contraceptive use in low and middle income … of contraceptive use, modern contraceptive
use, contraceptive initiation/uptake, contraceptive adherence or continuation of contraception, …

… Despite desires to delay future pregnancy, many women in the studies reviewed did not use
any contraceptive method (58.8%) or used methods that provided short-term coverage with …

… use of contraception by adolescents in low and middle income countries (… contraceptives
methods are not available to adults or to adolescents [6, 7]. Even when contraceptive methods …

… investigates the contraceptive method mix for women aged 15–24 in low- and middle-income
countries (LMICs) with national survey data and describes how the method mix differs by …

… contraception, around half of the annual 21 million pregnancies notified in low-and middle-income
… contribution of the underuse of modern methods of contraception (MMC) to the annual …

… 8 contraceptive methods. Two measures assess the “evenness” of the mix: method skew (more
than 50% use is by 1 method), … mix in low- and middle-income countries. Int Perspect Sex …