The use of Method Information Index (MII) to monitor the amount of information given to women users of modern contraceptives in Indonesia: results from an analysis of the 2007, 2012 and 2017 demographic and health surveys

Table 2 Proportions of socio-demographic characteristics of married women using the five modern contraceptives, according to the 2007, 2012 and 2017 IDHS datasets

Characteristics	2007	2012	2017
Characteristics	N1 = 11,502 (%)	N2 = 12,029 (%)	N3 = 11,881 (%)
Age
15–24 years	22.64	20.22	16.11
25–34 years	48.38	47.40	43.86
35–49 years	28.98	32.38	40.03
Education^a
No education	2.69	1.56	0.82
Primary	43.73	37.18	32.67
Secondary	47.18	53.23	56.90
Higher education	6.41	8.02	9.61
Occupation
Unemployed	47.98	44.79	46.67
Agriculture	19.45	11.89	11.84
Blue-collar	29.05	38.01	36.12
White-collar	3.51	5.31	5.37
Wealth quintiles
Poorest	18.16	18.15	19.35
Poor	21.44	21.00	21.90
Middle	20.94	21.47	21.70
Rich	20.68	21.82	21.02
Richest	18.77	17.56	16.03
Residence
Rural	59.14	52.65	54.72
Urban	40.86	47.35	45.28
Region
Other islands	36.91	38.07	39.03
Java-Bali	63.09	61.93	60.97
Heard about FP on radio in the last few months
No	90.08	48.63	39.24
Yes	9.92	51.37	60.76
Heard about FP on television in the last few months
No	71.29	51.94	40.54
Yes	28.71	48.06	59.46
Read about FP in a newspaper in the last few months
No	87.66	86.99	89.44
Yes	12.34	13.01	10.56
Parity
0–1	32.77	33.42	27.82
2–3	50.95	52.42	59.61
4 +	16.28	14.16	12.57
Source of FP methods
Midwives^b	57.94	57.95	56.22
Public PHC^d	22.97	18.34	18.89
Private PHC^c	4.54	4.14	3.62
Pharmacy/drug store, over-the-counter	10.11	14.47	13.00
Public and private hospital	4.44	5.10	8.27
Current contraceptive methods
Pill	24.64	24.30	21.34
Injectables	62.42	59.95	55.24
Implants	5.78	7.06	10.14
IUD	4.65	5.27	8.39
Female sterilization	2.50	3.43	4.88
Knowledge of modern contraceptive methods
knew less than 5 methods	87.98	91.45	90.56
knew 5 methods	12.02	8.55	9.44

^aEducation categories: primary includes elementary school, secondary includes junior and senior high schools, and higher education includes academy, diploma, and university degrees.
^bVillage midwife, midwife, nurse, and FP fieldworker
^cClinic, obstetricians, and medical doctor
^dPuskesmas, public Primary Health Care (PHC) clinic and mobile clinic

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