Making Family Planning Count
Making Family Planning Count is an initiative of the Population Division to improve the quantity, quality, transparency and accessibility of family planning indicators and the population data that underlie models of the determinants and impacts of use of family planning. The goal is to improve the global community's ability to track progress in meeting the need for family planning and the accessibility and transparency of the underlying demographic data required for estimating family planning indicators. The work supports advocacy and accountability efforts to strengthen the political commitment to global health, including initiatives such as and global monitoring of Target 3.7. to "ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services, including for family planning" under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The project has been funded by the Grants No. OPP1183453 (2018-2021) and OPP1110679 (2015-2017).
Data and tools
- E-Learning for SDG indicator 3.7.1 [PowerPoint] [Video]
- E-Learning for SDG indicator 3.7.2 [PowerPoint] [Video]
- World Contraceptive Use
- Family Planning Indicators
- Women of Reproductive Age Who Are Married or in a Union 2024
- World Marriage 2019. Dataset
Selected Population Division publications
Highlights
- World Family Planning 2022
- World Family Planning 2020 Highlights
- World Fertility and Family Planning 2020 Highlights
- World Family Planning 2017 Highlights
Data booklet
- Contraceptive Use by Method 2019 Data Booklet
- Family Planning and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 2020 Data Booklet
Technical paper
- Methods for estimating and projecting key family planning indicators among all women of reproductive age. Technical Paper No. 2018/2
- Who collects what on the current use of contraception? Technical Paper No. 2017/12
- Sexual activity by marital status and age. Technical Paper No. 2017/11
Population factsheet
- Global progress in satisfying the need for family planning. Population Facts No. 2019/3
- Tracking global progress in family planning. Population Facts No. 2017/11
Selected journal articles
- Wheldon, M., and others (2024). A new look at contraceptive prevalence plateaus in sub-Saharan Africa: A probabilistic approach. Demographic Research, vol. 50, Issue 31, pp. 899鈥�928. Available at .
- Bearak, J. M., L. Alkema, V. Kantorov谩 and J. Casterline (2023). Alignment between Desires and Outcomes among Women Wanting to Avoid Pregnancy: A Global Comparative Study of 鈥淐onditional鈥� Unintended Pregnancy Rates. Studies in Family Planning, vol. 54, Issue 1, pp. 265-280. Available at .
- Biddlecom, A., and others (2023). Setting Health Targets Using Information from Probabilistic Projections: A Research Brief on an Application to Contraceptive Coverage. Population Research and Policy Review, vol. 42, Issue 13. Available at .
- Molitoris, J., and others (2023). Early Childbearing and Child Marriage: An Update. Studies in Family Planning, forthcoming. Available at .
- Dasgupta, Aisha, and others (2022). . Demographic Research, vol. 46, Issue 4. Available at
- Kantorov谩, V., and others (2021). . PLOS One, vol. 16, Issue 3. Available at
- Dasgupta, A., V. Kantorov谩 and P. Ueffing (2020). . Gates Open Res, vol. 4, No. 102. Available at .
- Kantorov谩, V., M. Wheldon, P. Ueffing and A. Dasgupta (2020). . PLOS Medicine, vol. 17, Issue 2. Available at .
- Ueffing, P., A. Dasgupta and V. Kantorov谩 (2019). . Journal of Biosocial Science, vol. 52, Issue 6, pp. 860-884. Available at .
- Biddlecom, A., and others (2018). . New York: Guttmacher Institute, doi.org/10.1363/2018.29732.
- Kantorov谩, V., and others (2017).. Studies in Family Planning, vol. 48, No. 3, pp. 223-233. Available at .
- Alkema, L., and others (2013). . The Lancet, vol. 381, No. 9878, pp.1642-1652. Available at .
Where are the project results used
These data compilations and estimates and projections of family planning and related indicators are used throughout the family planning sector. They are crucial for the ability of other organizations to disseminate data, advocate for improved access to family planning and used in research on the determinants and impacts of improved access to family planning. Users include international organizations, research institutes, academia, media, civil society and others. For example:
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