The state of postpartum contraceptive use in India: descriptive lessons from nationally representative survey data

Table 1 PPC use by specific method, overall and cross-sectionally by month postpartum

	Use at any month postpartum (%)	1 (%)	2 (%)	3 (%)	4 (%)	5 (%)	6 (%)	7 (%)	8 (%)	9 (%)	10 (%)	11 (%)	12 (%)
Any method	59.2	18.0	24.5	30.9	36.7	40.4	44.3	47.1	49.1	50.6	51.8	52.8	54.3
Female sterilization	15.1	8.7	10.0	11.1	11.8	12.5	13.2	13.7	14.1	14.6	15.0	15.4	16.0
IUD	4.1	2.6	2.8	2.9	3.0	3.1	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5
Pill	8.2	0.8	1.6	2.4	3.2	3.8	4.6	5.4	5.8	6.0	6.2	6.4	6.7
Injectables	1.0	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7
Condom	16.7	1.9	4.1	6.2	8.3	9.4	10.6	11.8	12.2	12.6	12.8	13.0	13.2
Rhythm	10.6	1.4	2.7	4.1	5.4	6.1	6.8	7.6	7.9	8.0	8.2	8.3	8.5
Withdrawal	6.8	0.9	1.6	2.4	3.2	3.7	4.2	4.7	5.0	5.2	5.3	5.4	5.5
LAM	2.0	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.2	1.1	–	–	–	–	–	–
Other methods^a	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2

^aOther methods include: male sterilization, female condom, diaphragm, foam or jelly, 'other modern', or 'other traditional' methods; All were used by<0.01% of women in the 12 months postpartum

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