Only 3.8% of women in Anambra wanted to practise child spacing: NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics reports that only 3.8 per cent of women in Anambra want to space their births but are unable to access family planning methods, according to the Demographic Bulletin 2023 edition released on Tuesday.
The bulletin contains data collated from administrative sources and surveys to support policy formulation and research.
According to the report, findings from the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2021 indicated that the proportion of women with a live birth in the two years preceding the survey who received antenatal care during pregnancy from a skilled provider increased from 50 per cent in 2011 to 67 per cent in 2018.
However, this proportion decreased slightly to 63 per cent in 2021.
The report also indicated that Anambra had the lowest proportion of women with unmet needs for birth spacing at 3.8 per cent, meaning only 3.8 per cent of women in Anambra want to space their births but cannot access family planning methods.
On reproductive health, the report showed that maternal conditions accounted for the largest share of expenditure in 2022, representing 50.22 per cent of capital spending and 52.46 per cent of recurrent spending.
(NAN)
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