ArticleJournal of biosocial science2022
Declining yet persistent use of traditional contraceptive methods in low- and middle-income countries.
Article in Journal of biosocial science, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- TEAM-UP: Mixed-Methods Data for Understanding Traditional and Modern Contraceptive Use Dynamics in Four Sub-Saharan African Countries.Studies in family planning · 2026Article
- Trends and determinants of utilization of traditional contraceptive methods among women of reproductive age (WRA) (15-49 years) in Uganda.Contraception and reproductive medicine · 2026Article
- Traditional or Modern Contraception? Association Between Health Worker Contact and Contraceptive Choice in India: Findings From NFHS 2019-2021.Studies in family planning · 2026Article
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- Interviewer effects on underreporting of traditional contraceptive use: evidence from National Family Health Survey-5.Frontiers in big data · 2026Article
- Deriving national and disaggregated estimates for the demand for family planning satisfied indicator from contraceptive prevalence using household health surveys.Reproductive health · 2025Article
- Understanding Contraceptive Preferences Across Generations: Insights from Indonesian Millennials and Zillennials.Open access journal of contraception · 2025Article
- Reasons for high prevalence of contraceptive withdrawal in Tehran, Iran.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
Traditional contraceptive methods are used by 55 million women in developing countries. This study analysed over 80 national surveys to compare traditional with modern method users, by type, region, socio-demographic characteristics, strength of family planning programmes and discontinuation rates. The advance of modern methods has greatly reduced the share held by traditional methods, but the actual prevalence of their use has declined little. Young, sexually active unmarried women use traditional contraception much more than their married counterparts. Discontinuation rates are somewhat lower for traditional methods than for the resupply methods of the pill, injectable and condom; among users of all of these methods, more than a quarter stop use in the first year to switch to alternative methods. Traditional method use is firmly entrenched in many countries, as the initial method tried, a bridge method to modern contraception and even the primary method where other methods are not easily available.
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