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Latest items for DACH-DATA-3

Aug. 24, 2023, 1:08 a.m.
Countries: Cape Verde
Variables: DACH-DATA-3

"[There has been a] decrease in the use of contraceptives" (11).
July 10, 2023, 9:26 p.m.
Countries: Maldives
Variables: DACH-DATA-3

"According to national data, the majority of young women in the Maldives have their first sexual intercourse after the age of 18, although the proportion of women who have sex before they turn 18 is high among women who live in urban areas and in Male’ (8%) compared to those living in the atolls. The median age at first intercourse has increased from 17.0 years among women aged 45–49 to 21.8 years among women aged 25–29 years. Findings indicate that as women are more educated, the longer they prolong their first sexual intercourse." (25).
July 1, 2022, 11:43 a.m.
Countries: East Timor
Variables: DACH-DATA-3

"In 2016, 7 per cent of teenagers aged 15-19 have begun childbearing, 5 per cent have given birth and an additional 2 per cent are pregnant with their first child (1 per cent of teens had sexual intercourse before age 15). Among women aged 20–49, 9.3 per cent gave birth by the age of 18. The findings of the teenage pregnancy research246 show that young women have little agency in the decision to engage in sexual relationships.247 The relatively high rate of teenage pregnancies, and issues such as maternal mortality due to unsafe abortion, baby abandonment or infanticide tend to confirm these findings" (36).
June 28, 2022, 2:56 p.m.
Countries: Bangladesh
Variables: DACH-DATA-3

"In Bangladesh, the median age at first sexual intercourse among women age 20-49 (16.5 years) is slightly higher than the median age at first marriage (16.3 years). These findings suggest that women in Bangladesh first have sexual intercourse after they are married. Twenty-nine percent of women age 20-49 had sexual intercourse by age 15, 69% by age 18, and 85% by age 20. On average, women living in rural areas initiate sexual intercourse about a year earlier than women from urban areas (16.2 years versus 17.1 years). Women with a secondary education or higher initiate sex approximately 5 years later than women with no education (19.8 years versus 15.2 years)"...more
March 14, 2022, 5:44 p.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: DACH-DATA-3

"At the national level, the intention to engage in sex for the first time the moment it was carried out is different according to sex...96% of men reported that they started sexually at the time they desired, 89% of women reported this" (2835).
March 14, 2022, 5:42 p.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: DACH-DATA-3

"Differences are also observed by social groups... Thus, half of the young men from low-income households have already started their sexual life at 16.23 years vs. the 16.92 years of those from high-income households. In the case of young women, these figures are 17.04 years vs. 17.65 years" (2838).
March 14, 2022, 5:38 p.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: DACH-DATA-3

"This earlier men’s calendar is also reflected in the fact that, at age 15, some 40% of young men have started their sexual life, compared to almost a quarter of young women" (2838).
March 14, 2022, 5:38 p.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: DACH-DATA-3

"In the case of young Argentines...the median at the beginning of the sexual life of young men, in general, is lower than for young women (16.47 and 17.41 respectively)" (2837-2838).
March 14, 2022, 5:28 p.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: DACH-DATA-3

"[No data exists on] median age at first sex among young people (20-24)" (2).
July 17, 2021, 10:03 p.m.
Countries: Philippines
Variables: DACH-DATA-3

"Victims' advocates also argue the low age of consent contributes to what international rights organizations have described as high levels of sex trafficking and teenage pregnancy in the Philippines, compounded by gaps in the enforcement of existing laws" (para 8). "As of 2019, the Philippines recorded 55 births annually per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19, according to the World Bank. To put that in perspective, the global average for that age group is 41.6 births per 1,000 women, according to the World Bank; in the US, that figure is 16.7. 'We have so many 15-year-olds who give birth in our wards, and their partners are 30, even 40 years...more
March 30, 2021, 7:31 p.m.
Countries: Pakistan
Variables: DACH-DATA-3

"From 2010-2019 the proportion of women in Pakistan of reproductive age who have their need for family planning satified with modern methods is 48.6%" (p 54).
March 30, 2021, 7:31 p.m.
Countries: Belarus
Variables: DACH-DATA-3

"From 2010-2019 the proportion of women in Belarus of reproductive age who have their need for family planning satified with modern methods is 73.0%" (p 50).
March 30, 2021, 7:31 p.m.
Countries: Niger
Variables: DACH-DATA-3

"From 2010-2019 the proportion of women in Niger of reproductive age who have their need for family planning satified with modern methods is 45.5%" (p 54).
March 30, 2021, 7:31 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: DACH-DATA-3

"From 2010-2019 the proportion of women in Peru of reproductive age who have their need for family planning satified with modern methods is 66.6%" (p 54).
March 30, 2021, 7:31 p.m.
Countries: Zimbabwe
Variables: DACH-DATA-3

"From 2010-2019 the proportion of women in Zimbabwe of reproductive age who have their need for family planning satified with modern methods is 84.8%" (p 56).
March 30, 2021, 7:31 p.m.
Countries: Jordan
Variables: DACH-DATA-3

"From 2010-2019 the proportion of women in Jordan of reproductive age who have their need for family planning satified with modern methods is 56.7%" (p 52).
March 30, 2021, 7:31 p.m.
Countries: Zambia
Variables: DACH-DATA-3

"From 2010-2019 the proportion of women in Zambia of reproductive age who have their need for family planning satified with modern methods is 68.1%" (p 56).
March 30, 2021, 7:31 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: DACH-DATA-3

"From 2010-2019 the proportion of women in Costa Rica of reproductive age who have their need for family planning satified with modern methods is 82.7%" (p 50).
March 30, 2021, 7:31 p.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: DACH-DATA-3

"From 2010-2019 the proportion of women in Burma/Myanmar of reproductive age who have their need for family planning satified with modern methods is 74.9%" (p 54).
March 30, 2021, 7:31 p.m.
Countries: Kenya
Variables: DACH-DATA-3

"From 2010-2019 the proportion of women in Kenya of reproductive age who have their need for family planning satified with modern methods is 77.6%" (p 52).
March 30, 2021, 7:31 p.m.
Countries: Togo
Variables: DACH-DATA-3

"From 2010-2019 the proportion of women in Togo of reproductive age who have their need for family planning satified with modern methods is 37.0%" (p 56).
March 30, 2021, 7:31 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: DACH-DATA-3

"From 2010-2019 the proportion of women in Iran of reproductive age who have their need for family planning satified with modern methods is 68.6%" (p 52).
March 30, 2021, 7:31 p.m.
Countries: Comoros
Variables: DACH-DATA-3

"From 2010-2019 the proportion of women in Comoros of reproductive age who have their need for family planning satified with modern methods is 28.8%" (p 50).
March 30, 2021, 7:31 p.m.
Countries: Montenegro
Variables: DACH-DATA-3

"From 2010-2019 the proportion of women in Montenegro of reproductive age who have their need for family planning satified with modern methods is 27.8%" (p 50).
March 30, 2021, 7:31 p.m.
Countries: Oman
Variables: DACH-DATA-3

"From 2010-2019 the proportion of women in Oman of reproductive age who have their need for family planning satified with modern methods is 39.6%" (p 54).
March 30, 2021, 7:31 p.m.
Countries: Kazakhstan
Variables: DACH-DATA-3

"From 2010-2019 the proportion of women in Kazakhstan of reproductive age who have their need for family planning satified with modern methods is 73.2%" (p 52).
March 30, 2021, 7:31 p.m.
Countries: Cote D'Ivoire
Variables: DACH-DATA-3

"From 2010-2019 the proportion of women in Cote D'Ivoire of reproductive age who have their need for family planning satified with modern methods is 44.1%" (p 50).
March 30, 2021, 7:31 p.m.
Countries: Papua New Guinea
Variables: DACH-DATA-3

"From 2010-2019 the proportion of women in Papua New Guinea of reproductive age who have their need for family planning satified with modern methods is 49.2%" (p 54).
March 30, 2021, 7:31 p.m.
Countries: Rwanda
Variables: DACH-DATA-3

"From 2010-2019 the proportion of women in Rwanda of reproductive age who have their need for family planning satified with modern methods is 62.9%" (p 54).
March 30, 2021, 7:31 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: DACH-DATA-3

"From 2010-2019 the proportion of women in Nigeria of reproductive age who have their need for family planning satified with modern methods is 45.5%" (p 54).