Contraceptive use begins to rise as well, however, and the fertility rate starts to decline. Reproductive attitudes continue to change and, as information and services respond to people's changing attitudes, contraceptive use rises rapidly, while unmet need declines. Fertility often declines rapidly. Finally, most women do not want more children, and use of family planning is widespread. There is little unmet need remaining.
Fertility stabilizes at a lower level than before.
In countries with high contraceptive prevalence, the level of unmet need is low. At lower levels of contraceptive use, the level of unmet need is high, with slightly lower levels of unmet need in countries with the very lowest levels of contraceptive use. Even in these countries, however, the levels of unmet need suggest that a transition is starting. Only 10 countries have conducted two DHS since 1985 with which to measure unmet need comparably. In each of these countries the percentage of women with unmet need declined between surveys.