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Table 7 Percent of women currently using modern contraceptives who are linked to a facility that matches the reported source of method and the type of method used

From: Geographically linking population and facility surveys: methodological considerations

Type of link:

Administrative boundary

Euclidean buffer (5 km)

 
 

Facility census

Facility samples mean

Facility samples (range)

Facility census

Facility samples mean

Facility samples (range)

Number of women

Linked to closest facility

Last source of contraception

      

Hospital

7.4

25.2

(21.0–30.9)

7.4

15.3

(11.1–17.3)

81

Health center

91.3

73.5

(68.5–76.3)

84.3

41.5

(36.9–45.4)

645

Dispensary

2.4

8.8

(4.9–14.6)

2.4

0.5

(0.0–2.4)

41

Current method

       

Pill

59.1

48.5

(40.9–58.0)

56.8

27.4

(20.5–34.7)

176

Implant

25.5

11.4

(3.9–19.6)

21.6

6.3

(2.0–15.7)

51

Linked to all facilities in service area 1

     

Last source of contraception

      

Hospital

96.3

96.3

(96.3–96.3)

28.4

28.4

(28.4–28.4)

81

Health center

100.0

100.0

(100.0–100.0)

92.7

45.5

(40.5–49.5)

645

Dispensary

80.5

72.7

(70.7–75.6)

9.8

3.9

(2.4–7.3)

41

Current method

       

Pill

92.6

89.9

(85.8–92.6)

67.0

30.0

(22.7–39.2)

176

Implant

72.5

47.8

(39.2–72.5)

25.5

10.2

(3.9–15.7)

51

  1. 1Service area includes all facilities linked via boundary or buffer.