‘Usual’ contraceptive method use among women aged 16–49 years, stratified by age (column percentages)
| Total | |||||||||
| Age range (years) 16–24 | 25–34 | 35–49 | Unweighted | Weighted | |||||
| n | % (95% CI) | n | % (95% CI) | n | % (95% CI) | n | n | % (95% CI) | |
| Unreliable method or none | 126 | 7.6 (6.3 to 9.2) | 295 | 12.3 (10.9 to 13.9) | 352 | 19.4 (17.4 to 21.5) | 773 | 655 | 14.8 (13.6 to 16.0) |
| Barrier methods | 357 | 22.1 (19.9 to 24.4) | 400 | 18.0 (16.2 to 20.0) | 234 | 12.9 (11.4 to 14.6) | 991 | 727 | 16.4 (15.3 to 17.5) |
| Oral/injectable methods | 768 | 45.5 (42.7 to 48.2) | 832 | 33.2 (31.2 to 35.2) | 244 | 13.2 (11.5 to 15.0) | 1844 | 1154 | 26.0 (24.8 to 27.3) |
| LARC | 220 | 12.1 (10.4 to 13.9) | 287 | 11.4 (10.0 to 13.0) | 193 | 11.3 (9.8 to 13.1) | 700 | 511 | 11.5 (10.5 to 12.6) |
| Male or female sterilisation | 3 | 0.2 (0.1 to 0.6) | 87 | 3.6 (2.8 to 4.5) | 280 | 18.5 (16.4 to 20.7) | 370 | 449 | 10.1 (9.1 to 11.3) |
| Not sexually active† | 36 | 2.5 (1.7 to 3.5) | 121 | 4.2 (3.5 to 5.0) | 159 | 6.8 (5.7 to 8.1) | 316 | 226 | 5.1 (4.5 to 5.8) |
| Only same-sex experience‡ | 14 | 1.0 (0.6 to 1.6) | 24 | 1.0 (0.6 to 1.5) | 23 | 1.3 (0.8 to 1.9) | 61 | 49 | 1.1 (0.8 to 1.5) |
| Currently pregnant§ or menopausal | 160 | 9.2 (7.8 to 10.8) | 359 | 16.3 (14.7 to 18.1) | 283 | 16.7 (14.8 to 18.8) | 802 | 666 | 15.0 (13.9 to 16.2) |
| Total | |||||||||
| Unweighted | 1684 | 28.8 | 2405 | 41.1 | 1768 | 30.2 | 5857 | 100 | |
| Weighted | 939 | 21.2 (20.1 to 22.2) | 1331 | 30.0 (28.8 to 31.3) | 2167 | 48.8 (47.3 to 50.4) | 4437 | 100 | |
Proportions are weighted to account for the survey sampling design and non-response.
Total N includes women aged 16–49 years, who reported their usual method of contraception. One woman reported her usual method of contraception as an emergency method and was excluded from these results.
†Not sexually active in the last year.
‡Only same-sex sexual experience in the last year.
§Includes women currently pregnant or trying to conceive.
CI, confidence interval ;LARC, long-acting reversible contraception.