| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FEMALE STERILIZATION (Women can have an operation to avoid having any more children.) | 2046 |
6.7%
|
| 2 | MALE STERILIZATION (Men can have an operation to avoid having any more children.) | 2048 |
6.7%
|
| 3 | PILL (Women can take a pill every day to avoid becoming pregnant) | 2049 |
6.7%
|
| 4 | IUD (Women can have a loop or coil placed inside them by a doctor or a nurse) | 2040 |
6.6%
|
| 5 | INJECTABLES (Women can have an injection by a health provider that stops them from becoming pregnant for one or more months) | 2046 |
6.7%
|
| 6 | IMPLANTS (Women can have several small rods placed in their upper arm by a doctor or nurse which can prevent pregnancy for one or more years) | 2049 |
6.7%
|
| 7 | CONDOM (Men can put a rubber sheath on their penis before sexual intercourse) | 2048 |
6.7%
|
| 8 | FEMALE CONDOM (Women can place a sheath in their vagina before sexual intercourse) | 2047 |
6.7%
|
| 9 | LACTATIONAL AMENORRHEA METHOD (Women delay the onset of their menstrual periods after childbirth by breast feeding their newborn babies exclusively) | 2046 |
6.7%
|
| 10 | RHYTHM METHOD (Every month that a woman is sexually active she can avoid pregnancy by not having sexual intercourse on the days of the month she is most likely to get pregnant) | 2045 |
6.7%
|
| 11 | WITHDRAWAL (Men can be careful and pull out before climax) | 2046 |
6.7%
|
| 12 | MOON BEADS ( As a protective measure women use a collection of specially colored beads secured by a strong cord to monitor their cycle so as to avoid pregnancy by not having sexual intercourse on the days of the month she is most likely to get pregnant) | 2044 |
6.7%
|
| 13 | FOAM/JELLY ( Women place special foam tablets or jelly in the vagina before sexual intercourse) | 2047 |
6.7%
|
| 14 | EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION (Women can take pills up to five days after sexual intercourse as a one-time method if unprotected sex has occurred to avoid becoming pregnant) | 2046 |
6.7%
|
| 15 | Other, Specify | 2043 |
6.7%
|
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