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Table 2 Proportion of unmet need for modern family planning within the context of fertility indicators (n = 7868, weighted)

From: Impact of internal female migration on unmet need for modern contraception in Zambia

Migration type

Unmet need for modern method

Modern contraceptive prevalence

Mean parity

Mean ideal number of children

n (%)

Migration status

%

%

   

 Non-migrant

Very High / 25.5

50.5

3.7

5.0

2252 (28.6)

 Migrant

High / 23.2

58.4

3.7

4.9

5616 (71.4)

Migration stream

 Non-migrant urban

Medium / 17.1

59.4

2.9

4.5

848 (10.8)

  Urban-urban

Medium / 17.5

66.2

3.0

4.3

2015 (25.6)

  Rural-urban

High / 21.2

58.8

3.5

4.8

740 (9.4)

 Non-migrant rural

Very High / 31.3

44.3

4.4

5.5

1404 (17.8)

  Rural-rural

Very High / 28.1

51.6

4.4

5.4

2206 (28.0)

  Urban-rural

High / 23.8

58.5

3.8

4.8

655 (8.4)

Total mean

High / 23.9

56.0

3.7

4.9

7868 (100)