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Table 7.5 Timing of sterilization Percent distribution of sterilized women age 15-49 by age at the time of sterilization and median
age at sterilization, according to the number of years since the operation, Afghanistan 2015 Years since
operation Age at time of sterilization
Total Number
of women
Median age
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25 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49
2 1.6
19.9 19.9
27.0 14.3
17.3 100.0
86 34.1
2-3 3.4
9.3 35.7
36.7 13.0
1.9 100.0
93 34.7
4-5 1.0
5.9 20.9
34.3 38.0
0.0 100.0
98 35.4
6-7 2.5
14.0 30.2
29.4 23.9
0.0 100.0
81 33.9
8-9 1.1 28.4 24.2 36.3 10.0
0.0 100.0
56 33.8
10+ 8.9
22.7 54.9
13.5 0.0
0.0 100.0 119
a Total
3.5 16.1
32.7 28.3
16.2 3.1
100.0 534 33.8
Note: Figures in parentheses are based on 25-49 unweighted cases. a = Not calculated due to censoring
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Median age at sterilization is calculated only for women sterilized before age 40 to avoid problems of censoring.
Table 7.6 Source of modern contraception methods Percent distribution of users of modern contraceptive methods age 15-49 by most recent source of
method, according to method, Afghanistan 2015 Source
Female sterilization
Pill IUD
Injectables Male
condom Total
Public sector
67.5 36.1
59.0 62.0
31.1 47.2
Government hospital 66.7
11.0 31.9
25.5 13.3
22.9 CHCpolyclinic
0.0 14.3
16.0 22.8
9.0 14.2
Basic health center 0.0
5.7 7.3
6.0 3.3
4.8 Health sub-center
0.0 3.0
1.8 3.4
1.2 2.4
Health postsub-health post
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.7
0.5 0.3
Community health worker 0.0
0.7 0.0
0.8 1.6
0.8 Mobile clinic
0.0 1.3
1.9 2.4
2.2 1.6
Other public sector 0.8
0.1 0.1
0.5 0.0
0.3
Non-government sector 0.0
0.7 1.1
0.7 0.7
0.7 Marie Stopes
0.0 0.1
0.9 0.2
0.0 0.2
Red Cross Society 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.5 0.2
0.2 AFGA
0.0 0.3
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.1
Other NGO sector 0.0
0.3 0.1
0.0 0.5
0.2
Private medical sector
24.4 59.0
36.6 35.3
55.0 46.6
Private hospitalclinic 18.3
7.4 20.1
7.5 2.4
8.6 Pharmacy
0.0 45.0
1.0 20.2
49.6 31.0
Private doctor 5.3
6.1 15.6
7.4 3.0
6.6 Fieldworker
0.0 0.5
0.0 0.2
0.0 0.2
Other private medical sector
0.8 0.0
0.0 0.1
0.0 0.1
Other source
3.3 3.7
1.2 1.0
11.7 4.2
Charity foundation 0.0
0.1 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 Refugee camp
0.0 0.4
0.0 0.0
0.3 0.2
Shop 0.0
1.8 0.0
0.2 9.0
2.3 Friendrelative
0.0 0.6
0.0 0.5
1.0 0.5
Other 3.3
0.8 1.2
0.4 1.4
1.1 Dont know
1.7 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.2
Missing 3.0
0.5 2.1
1.0 1.5
1.2 Total
100.0 100.0
100.0 100.0
100.0 100.0
Number of women 534
1,958 409
1,406 950
5,313 Note: Total includes 9 women whose husbands are sterilized and 46 women who are using implants
who are not shown separately because there are too few cases; total excludes women using the lactational amenorrhea method LAM.
CHC = comprehensive health center AFGA = Afghan Family Guidance Association
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Table 7.7 Use of social marketing brand pills and condoms Percentage of current pill and condom users age 15-49 using a social marketing
brand, by background characteristics, Afghanistan 2015 Among pill users
Among condom users
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Background characteristic
Percentage using Khoshi
Number of women using
the pill Percentage
using Aramesh or
Asodagi Number of
women using condoms
Age
15-19 77.9
45 13
20-24 75.4
376 92.2
150 25-29
70.2 454
71.4 165
30-34 71.8
345 86.3
105 35-39
73.1 289
88.1 118
40-44 76.9
192 80.0
38 45-49
57.7 136
95.7 59
Residence
Urban 73.3
583 87.6
324 Rural
71.4 1,254
81.2 326
Education
No education 73.0
1,516 81.6
401 Primary
73.1 145
88.0 88
Secondary 64.6
160 86.4
115 More than secondary
16 96.4
46
Wealth quintile
Lowest 73.3
308 76.1
66 Second
71.6 301
87.7 68
Middle 72.8
308 80.3
77 Fourth
71.5 394
81.2 147
Highest 71.3
526 88.1
291 Total
72.0 1,837
84.4 649
Note: Table excludes pill and condom users who do not know the brand name. Condom use is based on womens reports. Figures in parentheses are based on 25-
49 unweighted cases. An asterisk indicates that a figure is based on fewer than 25 unweighted cases and has been suppressed. As there are too few cases, provincial-
level data are not shown separately.
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Among condom users not also using the pill