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• Depo-Provera^TM - See Injectable contraceptives
• Discontinuation of contraceptive methods
• Divorce and marital disruption
  • Marriage disruption
  • Attitudes about divorce - See Attitudes: Marriage and cohabitation
• Douching, vaginal

Discontinuation of contraceptive methods

• Percent of women 15-44 years of age in 2002 ever using specified method who discontinued (stopped) use, and leading reason for discontinuation:
  • Pill:
    • Percent stopping use: 29.2%
    • Leading reason: Side effects (64.6%)
  • Condom:
    • Percent stopping use: 11.9%
    • Leading reasons: Partner didn't like it (38.6%); decreased sexual pleasure (37.9%)
  • Depo-Provera^TM:
    • Percent stopping use: 42.3%
    • Leading reason: Side effects (72.3%)
  • Norplant^TM:
    • Percent stopping use: 41.6%
    • Leading reason: Side effects (70.6%)

  Source: Series 23, No. 25, Table 66

Divorce and marital disruption

Marriage disruption

• Percent of ever-married men and women 15-44 years of age whose first marriage dissolved by separation, divorce, or annulment, 2002:

  	Men	Women
  After 5 years	19.3%	19.9%
  After 10 years	26.7%	29.1%

  Sources: Series 23, No.26, Table 33 and Series 23, No. 25, Table 51

   

• Probability of first marriage disruption by duration of marriage among women 15-44 years of age, 1995:
  • After 1 year: 3.0%
  • After 5 years: 20.0%
  • After 10 years: 33.0%
  • After 15 years: 43.0%

  Source: Series 23, No.22, Table 21

   

• Probability of second marriage disruption by duration of remarriage among women 15-44 years of age, 1995:
  • After 1 year: 5.0%
  • After 5 years: 23.0%
  • After 10 years: 39.0%

  Source: Series 23, No.22, Table 41

Douching, vaginal

• Percent of women 15-44 years of age who douched at all in the 12 months before the interview, 2002: 32.2%.
  Source: Series 23, No. 25, Table 106

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