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Country Presentation:
MDG Monitoring in Laos
Indicator: Contraception Prevalence Rate
July 9-13, 2011, Bangkok, Thailand
MDG Monitoring in Laos
- Establishment of National Supervisory
Committee (2003)
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- Membership at Ministerial level from line
Ministries
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- Chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Established MDG National Secretariat to
monitor and report on MDG
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MDG Monitoring in Laos (Cont.)
- MDGs incorporated into NSEDP
- NSEDP to halve poverty by 2005 and to
fundamentally eradicate poverty by 2015
 First National Report on MDGs in 2004
 Second National Report on MDGs in 2008
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Monitoring Efforts Made
Through data collection:
 Population and Housing Census: 1985, 1995, 2005.
Lao Expenditure and Consumption Survey: 1992/93, 1997/98,
2002/03, 2007/2008, 2012/13 (ongoing now)
 Agricultural Census: 1997/98, 2010/2011.
Lao Reproductive Health Survey: 1994, 2000, 2005.
Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey: 1994, 2000, 2006.
Economic Census: 2006.
Lao Social Indicator Survey: 2011/12 ( Combined RHS and
MICS). Results coming soon
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Indicator 5.3.Contraceptive
Prevalence Rate
Definition of Contraceptive
Prevalence Rate
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International Definition:
Contraceptive prevalence
rate is percentage of
women married or inunion age 15-49 who are
currently using, or whose
sexual partner is using, at
least one method of
contraception regardless
of the method used.
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Country Definition:
Contraceptive prevalence
rate is the percentage of
currently married women
or in-union aged 15-49
who are practicing, or
whose sexual partners are
practicing, any form of
contraception. It is usually
measured for married
women only.
Calculation of Contraceptive
Prevalence Rate
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International Calculation:
Contraceptive prevalence
rate is calculated by the
ratio of women of
reproductive age 15-49
who are currently using
any method of contraceptive over the total
number of women of
reproductive women age
15-49 who are married or
in-union.
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Country calculation:
Contraceptive prevalence
rate is calculated by the
ratio of women of
reproductive age 15-49
who are currently using
any method of contraceptive over the total
number of women of
reproductive women age
15-49 who are married or
in-union.
Contraceptive Prevalence Rate
Data Source: LBSF 1994-95, LRHS 2000,2005,2011
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International Data:
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No different
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Country Data:
Year
1994
1995
2000
2005
2011
Value
18.60
20.00
32.20
38.40
coming soon