title: Reproductive preferences and unmet need for family planning
unit_of_measure: Percent of all women age 15-49
linearized_input: Reproductive preferences and unmet need for family planning | Percent of all women age 15-49 | (WOMEN'S DESIRE TO SPACE CHILDREN, Percent of all women age 15-49) (Want child soon (<2 years), 24) (Want child later (2+ years), 31) (Want to stop childbearing, 25) (For spacing, 12) (For limiting, 6) (PERCENT OF DEMAND SATISFIED, 56)
table_text: About one-fifth of currently married women (22 percent) do not want another child or want to delay their next pregnancy but are not using any method of family planning to reach that goal. The level of unmet need for family planning has been gradually declining from 1991-1992, when it was at 30 percent. On the other hand, the total demand that is satisfied has been increasing rapidly, from 26 percent in 1991 1992 to 44 percent in 1996 and 54 percent in 1999.
target: About one-fifth of currently married women (22 percent) do not want another child or want to delay their next pregnancy but are not using any method of family planning to reach that goal.