title: Current Use of Contraception among Women Currently in Union
unit_of_measure: Percent
linearized_input: Current Use of Contraception among Women Currently in Union | Percent | (Traditional - 6, PROVINCE - Maputo City, 30) (Traditional - 6, PROVINCE - Maputo Province, 14) (Traditional - 6, PROVINCE - Tete, 9) (Traditional - 6, PROVINCE - Niassa, 8) (Traditional - 6, PROVINCE - Inhambane, 7) (Traditional - 6, PROVINCE - Manica, 6) (Traditional - 6, PROVINCE - Zambezia, 5) (Traditional - 6, PROVINCE - Nampula, 2) (Traditional - 6, PROVINCE - Sofala, 2) (Traditional - 6, PROVINCE - Gaza, 2) (Traditional - 6, PROVINCE - Cabo Delgado, 1) (Traditional - 6, RESIDENCE - Urban, 18) (Traditional - 6, RESIDENCE - Rural, 3) (Traditional - 6, EDUCATION - No Education, 3) (Traditional - 6, EDUCATION - Primary, 7) (Traditional - 6, EDUCATION - Secondary+, 30)
table_text: There are considerabble differences in contraceptive prevalence rates by residence: 17 percent of urban women use modern contraceptives, while use among rural women is only 2 percent. The highest contraceptive prevalence is in Maputo City, where 29 percent of women currently in union use a modern contraceptive menthod. Provinces with less than one percent contrceptive use are Sofala, Cabo Delgado, Nampula, and Gaza. The proportion of women using modern contraception increases markedly with educational attainment- from 3 percent among uneducated women to 27 percent among those with secondary or more education.
target: There are considerabble differences in contraceptive prevalence rates by residence: 17 percent of urban women use modern contraceptives, while use among rural women is only 2 percent.