Mills, SamuelBos, EdSuzuki, Emi2012-08-132012-08-132010-03https://hdl.handle.net/10986/9462The concept of 'unmet need for contraception', which refers to the proportion of women who do not want to become pregnant but are not using contraception, has been used in the international population field since the 1960s. The concept was developed from the first family planning and fertility surveys conducted in developing countries, which found a disconnect between women's knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) about contraception. Unmet need for contraception is one of several frequently used indicators for monitoring of family planning programs, and was recently added to the millennium development goal of improving maternal health. Some other indicators that are used in combination with unmet need are the contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR), the method mix, sources of contraceptive supplies, and reasons for not using contraception. In this note, authors deal mainly with the unmet need indicator, but believe that other indicators should also be part of monitoring and evaluation of family planning programs to broaden the understanding of the use of family planning in countries.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO CONTRACEPTIONACCESS TO FAMILY PLANNINGACCESS TO FAMILY PLANNING SERVICESBEHAVIORAL CHANGEBIRTH CONTROLBIRTHSCHILDBEARINGCONTRACEPTIONCONTRACEPTIVECONTRACEPTIVE METHODCONTRACEPTIVE METHODSCONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCECONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE RATECONTRACEPTIVE SUPPLIESCONTRACEPTIVE USECONTRACEPTIVE USERCONTRACEPTIVESCOSTS OF CONTRACEPTIVESDEMAND FOR CONTRACEPTIONDEMAND FOR CONTRACEPTIVESDEMAND FOR FAMILY PLANNINGDEMAND FOR FAMILY PLANNING SERVICESDEVELOPING COUNTRIESEDUCATED WOMENFAMILY MEMBERSFAMILY PLANNINGFAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMFAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMSFAMILY PLANNING SERVICESFAMILY SIZEFAMILY SIZESFERTILITYFERTILITY DECLINEFERTILITY PREFERENCESFERTILITY SURVEYSFERTILITY TRANSITIONHEALTH EFFECTSHEALTH INDICATORSHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUSBANDSIMPLICATIONS FOR POPULATION POLICYINFANTINFANT MORTALITYINFERTILITYINFORMED CHOICESINTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNINGINTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING PERSPECTIVESINTERNATIONAL POPULATIONINTERVENTIONLACK OF KNOWLEDGELARGE FAMILIESLEVEL OF FERTILITYLOW BIRTH WEIGHTLOW FERTILITYMARRIED WOMENMATERNAL HEALTHMATERNAL MORTALITYMETHOD OF CONTRACEPTIONMETHODS OF CONTRACEPTIONNEED FOR FAMILY PLANNINGNUMBER OF CHILDRENPOPULATION AND DEVELOPMENTPOPULATION FIELDPOPULATION INFORMATIONPOPULATION INFORMATION PROGRAMPREGNANCYPUBLIC HEALTHRELIGIOUS REASONSREPRODUCTIVE AGEREPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIORSEXSMALLER FAMILIESSPOUSESUPPLY OF CONTRACEPTIVESUNMET NEED FOR CONTRACEPTIONUNMET NEED FOR FAMILY PLANNINGURBAN AREASUSE OF CONTRACEPTIONUSE OF FAMILY PLANNINGWOMANWorld Bank10.1596/9462