17/05/2020
FACTS IN UGANDA, CONTRACEPTIVE USE IS LOW
• The high levels of unintended pregnancy and unplanned births in Uganda can be attributed primarily to nonuse of contraceptives by women who do not want a child soon.
• Married women’s use of modern contraceptives has increased significantly since 2000, nearly doubling (from 18% to 26%) between 2000 and 2011.1,5 However, modern contraceptive use remains too low to address the high rate of unintended pregnancy.
• During the same time period, contraceptive use among sexually active unmarried women did not change—44% were using a modern contraceptive method in 2000, and the same proportion was doing so in 2011.1,5
• Use of modern methods varies greatly according to women’s social and economic status. In 2011, only 13–16% of Uganda’s poorest and least educated married women used modern contraceptives, compared with 38–39% of the wealthiest and most educated women. A greater proportion of urban married women used modern contraceptives compared to their rural counterparts (39% vs. 23%).