Some variation in unmet need by women’s age. Unmet need is highest among women age 15-19 (91 percent), declines to 84 percent among women age 20-24 and varies little after age 24 (around 80 percent). There is a marked decline in the unmet need for spacing with age falling from 81 percent among the youngest group of women to 25 percent among women age 35 and over. At the same time the unmet need for limiting increases with age from 10 percent among women age 15-19 to 55 percent among women age 35 and over. There is a clear U-shaped pattern in the percent of demand for spacing not being satisfied, with the youngest (15-19) and oldest (35+) women much more likely to not have their spacing needs met than women in the age groups 20-34. This U-shaped pattern is less marked with reference to the percent of demand for limiting not being satisfied.
There is little difference in total unmet need by number of unions. However, unmet need for spacing and the demand for spacing needs is higher among women who have been married only once as opposed to women who have been involved in more than one union, while the unmet need and demand for limiting is higher among the latter than the former group of women. Nevertheless, the percent of women whose need for spacing and limiting has been satisfied does not differ much by number of unions.
Women who married for the first time before the age of 18 exhibit a lower demand for spacing than women who have been married for the first time after the age of 18. Alternatively, the former group displays a higher demand for limiting the number of children. The majority of women (more than 80 percent) who have been first married before the age of 25 are not able to satisfy their need for both spacing and limiting. On the other hand, about one in two women first married at age 25 or after have satisfied their demand for contraception.
In general, unmet need for spacing decreases with the number of living children, while the unmet need for limiting increases as the number of living children increases. This trend is clearly seen in Table 3. While there is little difference in the percent of total demand satisfied by number of living children, women who have five or more children are least likely to have their spacing demands satisfied, and women with no living children are least likely to have their limiting demands satisfied.
There is variation between women with spacing and limiting needs and the ideal number of children. The unmet need for spacing increases with the ideal number of children, while the unmet need for limiting decreases as the ideal number rises. Women who have 0 children and 5 or more children are least likely to have their spacing demands satisfied, while women with 1-2 children are least likely to have their limiting demands met.
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