SEMINAR PRESENTATIONSSEMINAR PRESENTATIONS

Cambodia DHS and Measure DHS+ Survey Objectives and MethodologyHousing and Characteristics of the PopulationFertility and its DeterminantsFertility PreferencesFamily PlanningAbortionWomen’s Status Domestic ViolenceHIV/AIDS and Other STIsHealth Status and Utilization of Health ServicesInfant, Child and Maternal MortalityMaternal and Child Health Infant Feeding & Childhood and Maternal Nutrition

Fertility PreferencesFertility PreferencesFertility PreferencesFertility Preferences

Desire for more childrenDesire for more children

Ideal number and fertility planningIdeal number and fertility planning

Fertility preferences of womenFertility preferences of women

Undecided28%

Infecund11%

Wants no more37%

Wantssoon9%

Wants later13%

Wants another,

undecided when2%

Women who do not want more children, by residence and

education

Women who do not want more children, by residence and

education

37

35

27

40

36

37

Secondary and +

Primary

None

EDUCATION

Rural

Urban

RESIDENCE

CAMBODIAPercent

< 35% 35% to 45% 45% and +

The desire to limit childbearing varies greatly by region:

Kampong Spueu (3%)

Kampong Thum (13%)

Takaev

Preah V./Stueng T./Kracheh

Siem Reab/Otdar Mean Chey

CAMBODIA

Kampot/Krong K./ K.P. Sihanouk Phnom Penh

Mondol K./Rotanak K.

Kampong Chhnang

Prey Veaeng

Svay Rieng

Bantey Mean Chey

Kampong Cham

Kaoh Kong

Kandal

Bat Dambang/ Krong Pailin (53%)

Pousat (67%)

Desire for more childrenDesire for more children

Ideal number and fertility planningIdeal number and fertility planning

Fertility PreferencesFertility PreferencesFertility PreferencesFertility Preferences

• Women with no children:Women with no children:““How many children would you like to have if How many children would you like to have if

you could choose the number of children to you could choose the number of children to have?”have?”

• Women with children:Women with children:““If you could go back to the time when you If you could go back to the time when you

did not have children and could choose did not have children and could choose exactly the number of children to have, how exactly the number of children to have, how many children would you have liked to many children would you have liked to have?”have?”

Ideal number of children

Ideal number of children, for all women

Ideal number of children, for all women

3.7

3.3

3.1

3.6

3.8

3.6

Secondary and +

Primary

None

EDUCATION

Rural

Urban

RESIDENCE

CAMBODIA

Average number of children

3.5 3.6 to 3.8 3.9 and +

The ideal number of children does not vary much by region:

Phnom Penh (3.1)

Svay Rieng

Prey Veaeng

Pousat

Bat Dambang/ Krong Pailin

Takaev

CAMBODIA

Kaoh Kong

Mean Chey

Kandal

Bantey Mean Chey

Siem Reab/Otdar M.

Kampot/Krong K./ K.P. Sihanouk

Kampong Thum

Kampong Chhnang

Preah V./Stueng T./Kracheh

Kampong Cham

Mondol K./ Rotanak K.

Kampong Spueu (4.3)

The ideal number of children has been decreasing by

generation

4.24

3.7

3.2 3.1

3.4

4.3

2

3

4

5

45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19

Number of children

Age

2.6

3.2

3.4

3.2

2.5

3.1

Secondary and +

Primary

None

EDUCATION

Rural

Urban

RESIDENCE

CAMBODIA

Wanted TFR (WTFR) Difference

(Actual TFR)

(4.0)

(3.1)

(4.2)

(4.5)

(4.0)

(2.9)

Are women having more children than they would like?

Are women having more children than they would like?

Were pregnancies planned, at the time of the conception?

Not wanted24%

Wanted then67%

Wanted later9%

Fecund women are considered Fecund women are considered to have an unmet need for to have an unmet need for

family planning if:family planning if:

Fecund women are considered Fecund women are considered to have an unmet need for to have an unmet need for

family planning if:family planning if:

. They either wish to space . They either wish to space their next birth ortheir next birth or

.They want to limit .They want to limit childbearingchildbearing

. They either wish to space . They either wish to space their next birth ortheir next birth or

.They want to limit .They want to limit childbearingchildbearing

BUT are not using family BUT are not using family planning!planning!

BUT are not using family BUT are not using family planning!planning!

Unmet need* by residence and education

Unmet need* by residence and education

34

27

26

33

35

33

Secondary and +

Primary

None

EDUCATION

Rural

Urban

RESIDENCE

CAMBODIA

*Among currently married women

Nationwide, 42 percent of the total demand in family planning

is satisfied

Nationwide, 42 percent of the total demand in family planning

is satisfied

Main FindingsMain FindingsMain FindingsMain Findings

• 2 women in 5 do not want anymore children.

• The more educated women are the less likely to limit their childbearing.

• The ideal family size is 3.6 children among women and it is decreasing by generation.

• 1 in 3 pregnancies was mistimed or unwanted at the time of conception.

• Unmet need for family planning is 33% and the percentage of demand satisfied is 42%.