Sexually active married Filipino women are using modern contraceptives to meet their family planning needs compared to their unmarried counterparts, the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) has disclosed. ManilaBulletin
In a statement, CPD Executive Director Lisa Grace Bersales said the 2022 data covered Filipino women aged 15 to 49 years old, both married and unmarried.
While the 2022 data on modern contraceptive prevalence rate is already high, Bersales, however, said that the data in the past years indicate that the use of modern contraceptives for family planning is still short of the ideal one percent yearly increase. In addressing the issue, Bersales said there is a need to focus the discussions and action plans on several factors that affect the use of modern contraceptives, including the aspect of education and socio-economic status of women.
Comparing the case of Metro Manila and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao for instance, she revealed that the TFR in Metro Manila is at 1.2 while 3.1 in the latter.She likewise acknowledged that "the level of women’s schooling and socioeconomic status were inversely proportional to their TFR".
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