Table 2 Pattern of contraceptive use in Bangladesh, BDHS 2017–2018

Any method

68.0 (66.3–69.7)

68.4 (66.4–70.4)

69.4 (61.8–76.1)

67.3 (63.5–70.9)

62.0 (52.8–70.4)

Modern methods

56.96 (55.1–58.8)

58.3 (56.2–60.4)

56.4 (48.5–63.9)

54.4 (50.3–58.4)

46.4 (37.4–55.6)

Oral contraceptive pills

27.2 (25.6–28.9)

27.6 (25.7–29.5)

18.5 (13.3–25.3)

29.1 (25.7–32.7)

21.3 (14.3–30.6)

Injectables

12.4 (11.2–13.7)

13.1 (11.7–14.7)

13.1 (8.7–19.3)

10.7 (8.6–13.4)

7.3 (3.8–13.8)

Condoms

7.5 (6.5–8.6)

8.0 (6.9–9.3)

11.8 (7.7–17.6)

4.4 (3.1–6.1)

7.8 (4.4–13.7)

Female sterilization

5.6 (4.7–6.5)

4.8 (4.0–5.8)

5.5 (2.9–10.1)

7.8 (5.8–10.3)

8.5 (4.7–14.9)

Male sterilization

1.2 (0.9–1.7)

1.2 (0.8–1.8)

2.5 (1.1–5.8)

1.2 (0.6–2.2)

0.3 (0.004–1.9)

Intra Uterine Device

0.6 (0.4–1.0)

0.7 (0.4–1.1)

1.5 (0.4–4.7)

0.4 (0.01–1.5)

0

Implants

2.5 (2.0–3.1)

2.9 (2.3–3.7)

3.5 (1.4–8.0)

0.9 (0.4–2.0)

1.1 (0.2–7.4)

Traditional methods

11.1 (9.1–12.4)

10.2 (9.2–11.6)

13.0 (11.9–14.5)

12.9 (10.8–13.9)

15.6 (13.8–16.8)

Periodic abstinence

7.8 (7.0–8.8)

7.0 (6.1–8.1)

10.7 (7.0–16.0)

9.3 (7.4–11.7)

11.3 (7.0–17.7)

Withdrawal

2.9 (2.3–3.5)

2.8 (2.3–3.6)

2.2 (0.8–5.6)

2.9 (1.9–4.5)

4.3 (1.8–10.1)

Other traditional methods

0.4 (0.2–0.7)

0.3 (0.1–0.7)

0.2 (0.002–1.5)

0.7 (0.3–1.6)

0

Currently not using

32.0 (30.3–33.7)

31.6 (29.6–33.6)

30.6 (23.9–38.2)

32.7 (29.1–36.5)

38.0 (29.63–47.2)