Assessing Opportunities for Family Planning Programming among Adolescents and Youth in Viet Nam # (%) of WRA who are 15-24
Married Adolescent/Youth Population
Unmarried Sexually Active Adolescent/Youth Population
Unmarried Not Sexually Active Adolescent/Youth
6.9 M (27% of WRA)
2,195,000
64,000
4,679,000
Timing of Key Life Events
Age-Specific Fertility Rates
Median age at…
First Sex, 21.5 First Birth, 0.0 0.0
5.0
10.0
15.0
20.0
25.0
Fertility Rate per 1,000 Women
141
First Marriage, 21.6
Source: 2005 AIS; Median based on women 25-29
119 62
22
21
15-19
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
7
1
40-44
45-49
Source: 2002 DHS
Contraceptive Use and Need among Adolescents (15-19) and Youth (20-24)
Modern Contraceptive Prevalence
60%
60%
54%
50%
44%
40% 30%
27% 27%
27%
20% 10% 0%
15-19
20-24
Unmarried Sexually Active Women**
Married Women
15-49
All Women
Unmet Need (Modern) among Adolescents, Youth and WRA Unmet Need for Modern Methods
Modern Contraceptive Use among Adolescents, Youth, and WRA 70%
25%
22%
22%
21%
20% 15% 10% 5% 0%
#N/A
#N/A 15-19
#N/A 20-24
Unmarried Sexually Active Women*
Married Women
15-49
All Women
The graphs above show modern contraceptive use and need among married and unmarried sexually active women ages 15-19 and 20-24, and among married and all women of reproductive age (15-49), allowing for comparison between these groups. However, the overall size of these groups can vary widely based on norms around age at marriage, first sexual intercourse, and the occurence of sex outside of marriage. Understanding the size of the population that falls into each age and marital status group, shown in the graphs below, is key to understanding the potential reach and impact of adolescent- and youth-focused programming.
Opportunities for Reaching Adolescents and Youth with Modern Contraception Of all the women of reproductive age (WRA) in the country, 27% are adolescents and youth (15-24). Of these, 4,679,000 (or 18% of WRA) are unmarried and not sexually active. While interventions targeting these young women may impact future behaviors and contraceptive use, these young women do not have a current need for contraception. For the rest of the adolescent and youth population, it is important to consider how contraceptive use and need vary by age and marital status in order to determine where to focus programmatic efforts.
Adolescent and Youth Contraceptive Use and Need, as a % of WRA
Adolescents and Youth with an Unmet Need for Modern Contraception
In Viet Nam, around 4% of all women are adolescents/youth using a modern method of contraception (sum of blue segments), while around 1.5% are adolescents/youth with an unmet need for modern methods (sum of purple segments). 20%
15-19 Married 15%
Not sexually active
18% 16%
Non-user: No need
% of all WRA
14% 12% 10%
18% 3%
Non-user: Unmet need
1% 1%
Traditional User
8% 6% 4% 2%
20-24 Married 85%
Non-User: no data on need
4%
Modern User
0% Married
Among married adolescents/youth with an unmet need for modern contraception, the largest group is made up of married youth (20-24) who comprise 1% of WRA. Note: no data available on unmet need among unmarried adolescents/youth.
Unmarried
Note - Unmarried sexually active was defined as women who are neither married or in union and report last sex as within 12 months of the survey. * indicates data unavailable **indicates sample too small to generate separate estimates for adolescents and youth, so age groups were aggregated to produce estimates
Analysis developed by Track20 based on WPP2017 population estimates for 2018 and 2010-11 MICS, unless otherwise noted.
Published September 2018
