📊 A study published in CSP analyzed data from the Colombian National Demographic and Health Survey and identified that factors such as region of residence, education, income, occupation, age, and marital status directly influence a woman’s risk of having unmet contraceptive needs.
The results show that unmet needs affect approximately 9.5% of the women surveyed, but rise to 13.5% among those who identify as belonging to ethnic-racial groups. Furthermore, racialized women use modern contraceptive methods less frequently and have a higher frequency of never having used any contraceptive method.
The research reveals that socioeconomic inequalities help explain some of these differences, but highlights that ethnic-racial affiliation also acts as an independent risk factor for unmet contraceptive needs.