Contraceptive Prevalence and Total Fertility Rate

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Contraceptive Use and Childbearing
Contraceptive Prevalence and Total Fertility Rate
Percent of married women 15 to 49 using
contraception
Average number of children per woman
MDR LAC Asia Africa
MDRMore Developed Regions LACLatin
America and the Caribbean. Source Population
Reference Bureau, 2005 World Population Data
Sheet.
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Notes on Contraceptive Use and Childbearing

• Higher levels of contraceptive use are
  associated with lower levels of childbearing.
• In Africa, where a small proportion of married
  women of childbearing age use contraception (21
  percent), on average women have more than five
  children each.
• In contrast, in more developed regions, where a
  much greater percentage of married women of
  childbearing age use contraception (58 percent),
  women have fewer than two children on average.