![]() One in five women (18%) are not using their preferred method of contraception and a quarter (25%) say it is because they can’t afford it.Nearly one in five women (18%) use contraception solely for a reason not related to preventing pregnancy such as managing a medical condition or preventing STIs. ![]() Most women (72%) use more than one type of contraception in their lifetime and on average, women use 3.4 different contraceptive methods throughout their lifetime.Oral contraceptives and condoms are the leading forms of reversible contraception women use, and almost a quarter say they use an intrauterine device (IUD).More than four in ten (44%) women have been worried they were pregnant when they did not want to be and the main reason was because they did not use birth control.One in seven (14%) sexually active women report they are not using any form of contraception and the leading reason is concern and dislike of side effects. Six in ten (60%) women aged 18 to 49 years say it is very important to avoid becoming pregnant in the next month one in four women (25%) say avoiding pregnancy is not a priority.
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