contraceptive prevalence

collocation in English

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contraceptive
noun[C]
uk
/ˌkɒn.trəˈsep.tɪv/us
/ˌkɑːn.trəˈsep.tɪv/
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prevalence
noun[U]
uk
/ˈprev.əl.əns/us
/ˈprev.əl.əns/
the fact that something is very common or ...
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(Definition ofcontraceptiveandprevalencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In the recent past, while evaluating the demographic impact of family planning programmes, the importance ofcontraceptiveprevalencehas typically been stressed.
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Although these changes incontraceptiveprevalenceand fertility rate are dramatic, timing of first birth and lifecycle contraceptive patterns have remained almost the same.
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Low fertility of ministry employees is particularly notable and seems related to a combination of a high educational level, a low marriage/partnership rate and a relatively highcontraceptiveprevalence.
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Thecontraceptiveprevalencerate increases from 430% among women who have not heard messages to 590% of those who have heard messages on all three media.
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Programme strategies aimed at breaking these constraints should increasecontraceptiveprevalenceand satisfy the unmet needs, more so among rural women, the uneducated and those under 30 years old.
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Contraceptiveprevalenceis three times the national rate.
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Thecontraceptiveprevalencerate was 70%; the infant mortality rate was 10.2 for female infants and 12.9 for male infants per 1,000 live births.
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Thecontraceptiveprevalencerate of married women ages 1549 in 2009 was 8%.
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Now thecontraceptiveprevalencerate (proportion of women of child-bearing age using some form of contraception) is 28%.
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This target is assessed by viewingcontraceptiveprevalencerates, adolescent birth rates, antenatal care coverage and percentages of unmet need for family planning.
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The first five years after independence saw rapid gains in areas such as immunisation coverage, access to health care, andcontraceptiveprevalencerate.
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Contraceptiveprevalencerate in district is: by any modern method; 4.7, by traditional method; 1 and by any method is 5.7.
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