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Georgia 2018 Family Planning & Informed Decision Desired Number of Children by Number of Living Children Average Desired Number of Children before the First Childbirth t n e c r e P 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 2 5 13 42 33 4 Total 3 5 11 37 <1 2 9 44 35 35 1 8 17 63 1 4 12 40 40 6 3 8 Do not have a child Has 1 child 3 Has 2 children 8 3 Has 3 children Number of living children 2 33 39 10 14 2 Has 4 or more children Total Rural Urban Georgian Azerbaijani Armenian 15-19 years 20-24 years 25-49 years 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.8 2.8 0 (None) 1 2 3 4 5+ Other answer 0 1 2 3 Percent distribution of women age 15-49 years by desired number of children before the first childbirth (in their whole life) and number of living children Average desired number of children before the first childbirth among women age 15-49 years Early Childbearing for Women Age 15-19 years t n e c r e P 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 29 18 12 8 5 6 3 10 7 6 0 Total Urban Rural Georgian Armenian* Azerbaijani* Poorest Second Middle Fourth Richest Area Ethnicity of household head Wealth Quintile Percentage of women age 15-19 years who have had a live birth or are pregnant with first child *Data for ethnicity categories “Armenian” and “Azerbaijani” is based on 25-49 unweighted cases Early Childbearing - by Age 18 Trends in Early Childbearing - by Age 18 t n e c r e P 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Primary or Lower Secondary, 26 National Azerbaijani*, 16 Rural, 11 Poorest, 11 Richest, 0 Higher, 1 Armenian*, 2 Urban, 4 Area Wealth Quintile Woman's Education Ethnicity of household head Percentage of women age 20-24 years who have had a live birth before age 18, by background characteristics *Data for ethnicity categories “Armenian” and “Azerbaijani” is based on 25-49 unweighted cases Family Planning Method of Family Planning by Various Characteristics Urban Rural National 16 14 13 13 11 11 11 7 6 5 3 4 9 7 6 8 7 6 t n e c r e P 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 Percentage of women age 20-49 years who have had a live birth before age 18 Type of
 method* <1 33 59 8 By Area Urban 25 38 <1 <1 Rural 55 66 9 7 By Age Age 15-19 14 <1 34 15 Age 20-24 9 57 71 By Woman’s Education By Ethnicity of Household Head By Wealth Quintile <1 <1 23 40 Primary or Lower Secondary Higher 12 52 64 No Method Any Traditional Method Any Modern Method 8 Missing Method Georgian 22 34 <1 <1 Non- Georgian 58 64 13 7 <1 <1 20 Richest 41 9 Poorest 52 70 6 Percentage of women age 15-49 years currently married or in union who are using (or whose partner is using) a contraceptive method *Modern Methods include female sterilization, male sterilization, IUD, injectables, implants, pills, male condom, female condom, diaphragm, foam, jelly and candles; Traditional methods refer to periodic abstinence, withdrawal and other methods.
Contraception Awareness for Modern Methods Knowledge of Traditional Contraception Effectiveness 100 Urban, 99 Higher, 99 Age 40-44, 99 Georgian, 99 National Richest, 100 t n e c r e P 98 96 94 92 90 Rural, 97 Primary or Lower Secondary, 96 Azerbaijani, 95 Poorest, 96 Age 15-19, 91 Area Woman's Education Age Ethnicity of household head Wealth Quintile t n e c r e P 20 16 12 8 4 0 National Azerbaijani, 17 Rural, 9 Primary or Lower Secondary, 9 Age 45-49, 12 Poorest, 9 Urban, 6 Higher, 7 Armenian, 5 Richest, 5 Area Woman's Education Age 15-19, 2 Age Ethnicity of household head Wealth Quintile Percentage of women age 15–49 years who have heard any modern contraception methods, by background characteristics Percentage of women age 15-49 years who perceive any traditional contraception methods as the most effective, by background characteristics Contraception Awareness (women) Currently married/in union Currently unmarried/not in union 98 83 97 91 96 92 60 64 44 44 52 46 42 35 88 82 81 64 67 55 86 70 46 37 t n e c r e P 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 4 <1 No method/ missing Female sterilization Male sterilization IUD Injectables Implants Pill Male condom Female condom Diaphragm/ Foam/Jelly Candle Periodic abstinence Withdrawal Percentage of women age 15–49 years who have heard of any contraception methods Use of Contraception (Currently Married/In Union) 4 2 Other method t n e c r e P 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 34 19 13 8 2 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 11 8 3 Female sterilization Male sterilization IUD Injectables Implants Pill Male condom Female condom Diaphragm/ Foam/Jelly Candle Periodic abstinence Withdrawal Other Missing Percent distribution of women age 15-49 years currently married or in union who are using (or whose partner is using) a contraceptive method Knowledge of Contraception Effectiveness (women) 32 14 7 7 t n e c r e P 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Currently married/in union Currently unmarried/not in union 29 16 22 21 16 14 2 2 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 Do not know/ Missing Female sterilization Male sterilization IUD
 Injectables Implants Pill Male condom Female condom Diaphragm/ Foam/Jelly Percent distribution of women age 15-49 years who perceive the contraception methods as the most effective 3 <1 Candle 5 2 3 <1 <1 <1 Periodic abstinence Withdrawal Other method Unmet Need for Family Planning Met Need for Family Planning 55 45 35 25 15 t n e c r e P National Rural, 25 Urban, 22 Area Upper Secondary, 26 Armenian, 28 Poorest, 26 Higher, 21 Azerbaijani, 22 Richest, 20 Woman's Education Ethnicity of household head Wealth Quintile 55 45 35 25 15 t n e c r e P Urban, 45 Higher, 48 Rural, 34 Vocational Education, 35 Georgian, 42 Armenian, 29 National Fourth, 48 Poorest, 30 Area Woman's Education Ethnicity of household head Wealth Quintile Percentage of women age 15-49 years currently married or in union with an unmet need for family planning, by background characteristics Percentage of women age 15-49 years currently married or in union with a met need (currently using contraception) for family planning, by background characteristics Unmet Need for Family Planning by Age Met Need for Family Planning by Age 40 30 t n e c r e P 20 10 0 21 19 6 1 15 12 9 9 15 7 For spacing births For limiting births 25 20 2 <1 40 37 37 For spacing births For limiting births 34 30 28 26 25 27 t n e c r e P 20 10 0 15 13 17 6 1 5 <1 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 Percentage of women age 15-49 years currently married or in union with an unmet need for family planning for limiting & spacing, by background characteristics Percentage of women age 15-49 years currently married or in union with a met need (currently using contraception) for family planning for limiting & spacing, by background characteristics Total Demand for Family Planning t n e c r e P 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 15 22 8 19 l a t o T 14 23 8 22 n a b r U 17 20 8 14 l a r u R 12 24 9 24 r e h g H i 18 18 16 20 20 8 8 16 15 24 8 12 o
14 13 22 8 19 i n a g r o e G 26 9 15 i n a j i a b r e z A 24 15 4 13 i n a n e m r A 15 22 8 15 d n o c e S 17 20 9 10 t s e r o o P 14 12 23 26 8 25 h t r u o F 9 22 t s e h c R i 17 19 8 20 l e d d M i Area Woman’s Education Ethnicity of household head Wealth Quintile Met need for spacing births Met need for limiting births Unmet need for spacing births Unmet need for limiting births Percentage of women age 15-49 years who are currently married or in union with demand for family planning that is sum of met and unmet need for family planning, by background characteristics Percentage of Demand for Family Planning Satisfied with Modern Methods t n e c r e P 70 60 50 40 30 20 Urban, 56 Higher, 58 Age 30-34, 59 Georgian, 53 National Richest, 61 Rural, 42 Primary or Lower Secondary, 38 Age 15-19*, 27 Azerbaijani, 31 Poorest, 36 Area Woman's Education Age Ethnicity of household head Wealth Quintile *Data for age category "Age 15-19" is based on 25-49 unweighted cases.
The proportion of demand for family planning satisfied with modern methods is useful in assessing overall levels of coverage for family planning programmes and services.

Access to and use of an effective means to prevent pregnancy helps enable women and their partners to exercise their rights to decide freely and responsibly the number and spacing of their children and to have the information, education and means to do so.
Meeting demand for family planning with modern methods also contributes to maternal and child health spaced by preventing unintended pregnancies and closely pregnancies, which are at higher risk for poor obstetrical outcomes.
Informed Decision on Reproductive Health Care - SDG indicator 5.6.1 87 83 78 75 73 70 80 79 66 85 78 72 70 90 79 80 83 t n e c r e P 70 60 50 Total Urban Rural Poorest Second Middle Fourth Richest 15-19 years 20-34 years 35-49 years Primary or Lower Secondary Upper Secondary Vocational Education Higher Area Wealth Quintile Woman’s Age Woman’s Education Percentage of women age 15-49 years currently married or in union who make their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use and health care Decision on Sexual Intercourse with the Husband/Partner t n e c r e P 100 95 90 85 80 75 70 65 Urban, 88 Higher, 90 Age 35-39, 87 National Richest, 92 Rural, 77 Primary or Lower Secondary, 74 Age 15-19, 71 Poorest, 76 Area Woman's Education Age Wealth Quintile Percentage of women age 15-49 years currently married or in union who can say "no" to the husband/partner if she does not want to have sexual intercourse The percentage of women age 15–49 years who make their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use and health care (SDG indicator 5.6.1) is useful in assessing overall levels of family planning and reproductive rights.
“The ability of women and girls to exercise their basic human rights, including their right to sexual and reproductive health, is a prerequisite for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Women and girls who can make choices and control their reproductive lives are better able to get quality education, find decent work, and make free and informed decisions in all spheres of life.” SDG Indicators 5.6.1 is derived from the following three component questions: A woman is considered to have autonomy in reproductive health decision making and to be empowered to exercise her reproductive rights if she: can say “NO’ to sex with her husband/partner if she does not want to, decides on use/ non-use of contraception and decides on health care for herself.
Only women who provide a “yes” answer to all three components are considered as women who make their own decisions regarding sexual relations and health care.
Regional Data on Family Planning & Informed Decision Region National Tbilisi Adjara A.R Guria Imereti, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti Khakheti Mtkheta-Mtianeti Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Samtskhe-Javakheti Kvemo Kartli Shida Kartli Childbearing before 18* Contraception awareness of any method Knowledge of contraception effectiveness** Contraception Use of modern method among married / in- union women Contraception Use of any method among married / in- union women Demand for family planning satisfied with modern methods among married / in-union women Average desired number of children before the first childbirth *Percentage of women age 20-24 years who have had a live birth before age 18 **Percentage of women age 15-49 years who perceive any modern contraception methods as the most effective Key Messages • • The highest percentage of women age 15- 19 years, who have had a live birth or were pregnant with a first child, was in the • poorest wealth quintile - 18%, while country level is only 8%.
Almost all respondents (98%) had heard of at least one modern method —particularly the condom, pill and IUD, regardless of marital status, residence, age or education.

• Overall, 7% of women stated that the reliability are confused, and involve serious misunderstandings that tend to increase • unplanned pregnancies and abortions.

The contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) for married women is 41%.
As expected, urban women were more likely than their rural counterparts to be current users of contraceptives – 45% vs 34%.

In the urban areas, condoms were the most commonly used method of contraception, surpassing rural use by almost 3 times.

Among current users (41%), 8% use traditional methods, which are subject to high failure rates and consequent abortions.
When these are added to the unmet need group (23%), the total unmet need for modern methods is 31%, that is almost a third of all married women.

• unmet need is for limiting rather than spacing, almost in a 2 to 1 ratio.

Almost two-thirds (64%) of married women have potential demand for contraception (i.e.

have an unmet need for some contraceptive method (23%) or currently use any contraception (41%)).
Around 79% of married women in Georgia make their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use and health care.

• Higher Women empowerment to exercise their reproductive rights is closely related with higher education level, higher wealth and residence (urban); less related with age except women age 15-19 years.

• traditional methods are the most effective.


Belief in the high effectiveness of traditional methods is, in fact, the predominant view among Azerbaijani women (up to 17%); and those in lowest Percentage of adolescents who have a functioning difficulty, by domain, Country, year wealthy quintiles (9%).

For each contraceptive method, there is a considerable gap between awareness of the method and knowledge of effectiveness.
Perceptions of method • • Unmet need rises with rural residence, low education and poor wealth quintiles.

Most The Georgia Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) was carried out in 2018 by National Statistics Office of Georgia as part of the global MICS programme.

Technical support was provided by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

UNICEF, NCDC, USAID, WB, UNFPA, SIDA, AFD, SCD, ISS, UNDP and WHO provided financial support.
The objective of this snapshot is to disseminate selected findings from the Georgia MICS 2018 related to Family Planning and Informed Decision.

Data from this snapshot can be found in table TM2.2W, TM2.3W, TM3.1, TM3.3CS, TM13.1CS, TM13.2CS, TM13.3CS and TM16.1CS.

Further statistical snapshots and the Survey Findings Report for this and other surveys are available on mics.unicef.org/surveys.

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