Percent distribution of currently married women, by contraceptive method

 currently used, according to Selected background characteristics, Jordan 2002

 

Modern method

 

Traditional method

 

background characteristic

Any method

Any modern method

Pill

IUD

Inject ables

Diaphragm foam Jelly

condom

Female sterilization

LAM

Any trad method

Periodic abstinence

Withdrawal

Other  methods

Not currently using

Total

Number of women

Residence            

Urban

57.1

42.6

7.6

25.3

0.8

0.4

3.6

2.8

2.1

14.5

5.4

9.1

0.0

42.9

100

4546

Rural

50.5

35.8

6.8

17.2

1.2

0.1

2.4

3.3

4.8

14.6

4.7

9.8

0.1

49.5

100

1160

Region                         

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Central

57.5

43.3

7.8

25.9

0.8

0.3

3.6

2.6

2.3

14.2

5.5

8.6

0.1

42.5

100

3683

North

54.4

39.0

6.7

21.3

0.9

0.4

3.1

3.2

3.4

15.4

4.7

10.8

0.0

45.6

100

1480

South

48.0

33.3

7.2

14.9

1.3

0.3

2.8

4.1

2.7

14.7

4.8

9.7

0.2

52.0

100

542

Educational level attended     

No education

40.6

33.0

4.3

9.3

2.8

0.0

0.9

13.1

2.6

7.6

1.9

5.4

0.3

59.4

100

324

Primary

46.7

34.9

4.3

19.0

1.4

0.0

1.9

6.1

2.3

11.8

3.7

8.1

0.0

53.3

100

638

Elementary

53.5

41.0

8.1

24.2

0.8

0.4

2.0

2.9

2.5

12.5

2.4

10.0

0.2

46.5

100

1144

Secondary

58.9

44.6

9.2

25.6

0.8

0.3

4.3

1.2

3.1

14.3

4.5

9.8

0.0

41.1

100

2159

Higher

60.3

41.0

6.5

25.5

0.4

0.4

4.3

1.7

2.1

19.3

10.0

9.3

0.0

39.7

100

1441

 Elementary+Secondary

57.0

43.3

8.8

25.1

0.8

0.4

3.5

1.8

2.9

13.7

3.8

9.9

0.1

43.0

100

3303

Number of living children      

0

1.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

1.3

0.8

0.4

0.0

98.7

100

468

1-2

43.6

27.5

6.7

13.5

0.3

0.0

3.5

0.0

3.4

16.1

5.2

10.9

0.0

56.4

100

1407

3-4

66.2

50.7

10.9

31.0

0.8

0.4

4.3

0.8

2.6

15.5

6.9

8.6

0.0

33.8

100

1751

5+

67.5

51.8

6.7

29.6

1.6

0.5

3.3

7.3

2.7

15.8

4.9

10.8

0.1

32.5

100

2080

Total

55.8

41.2

7.5

23.6

0.9

0.3

3.4

2.9

2.6

14.6

5.2

9.3

0.1

44.2

100

5706

 

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