1. 2010 Cambodia Demographic and Health Survey
Fertility, Proximate Determinants of Fertility and Fertility Preferences
2010 Cambodia Demographic and Health Survey

2. Levels, trends, and differentials Determinants of fertility
Fertility preferences and ideal family size
Abortion
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3. 3.0
At current fertility levels, a woman in Cambodia will have an average of 3.0 children in her lifetime.

4. Fertility Differentials
TFR for women age for the 3-year period preceding the survey

5. Otdar Mean Chey
3.2
Banteay
Mean Chey
3.2
Preah Vihear/
Steung Treng
3.5
Siem Reap
3.4
Mondol Kiri/
Rattanak Kiri
4.5
Battambang/Pailin
3.2
Kampong Thom
3.2
Kratie
3.9
Pursat
3.4
Kampong
Chhnang
3.6
Kampong Cham
3.4
Preah Sihanouk/ Koh Kong
2.9
Kampong Speu
3.1
Prey
Veng
3.3
Kandal
2.9
Fertility by Province
Svay
Rieng
2.6
Takeo
3.1
Kampot/Kep
2.8
Phnom Penh
2.0
TFR for women age for the 3-year period preceding the survey

6. Fertility by Education
TFR for women age for the 3-year period preceding the survey

7. Wealthiest households
Fertility By Wealth
TFR for women age for the 3-year period preceding the survey
Poorest households
Wealthiest households

8. How Does Cambodia Compare?
TFR for women age for the 3-year period preceding the survey

9. Fertility Trends
TFR for women age during the last fifteen years

10. Levels, trends, and differentials Determinants of fertility
Fertility preferences and ideal family size
Abortion
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11. Birth Intervals
In addition to their impact on fertility, birth intervals may also affect the health of mothers and their children.

12. Length of Birth Intervals
16% of births occur less than 24 months after the preceding birth.
Doctors recommend a birth interval of at least 36 months

13. Median Age at First Birth for Women 25-49

14. Teenage Pregnancy and Motherhood
8 percent of women between the ages of have begun childbearing- 5 percent are already mothers and another 3 percent are pregnant with their first child.

15. Teenage Childbearing
Percent of women age who are mothers or pregnant with their first child

16. Current Marital Status: Women

17. Median Age at First Marriage

18. Levels, trends, and differentials Determinants of fertility
Fertility preferences and ideal family size
Abortion
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19. Fertility Preferences of Married Women
81% either want no more children or want to delay childbearing by at least 2 years, or are already sterilized.

20. Overall, 79% of women either want to delay having another child or stop childbearing altogether.
These women are potential contraceptive users for spacing and limiting.

21. to space their next birth OR to limit childbearing altogether BUT
Women are considered as having an unmet need for family planning if they are fecund and wish:
to space their next birth OR
to limit childbearing altogether
BUT
are not using contraception

22. 6% for spacing 11% for limiting
17 percent of currently married women have an unmet need for family planning:
6% for spacing
11% for limiting

23. Demand for Family Planning
(Met need + unmet need)
(Women currently using)
(Met need/ total demand)

24. Ideal Family Size
Mean ideal number of children among women
15-49

25. Ideal Family Size by Education
Mean ideal number of children among women

26. Birth Planning
Distribution of births in the 5 years preceding the survey by birth planning status

27. The Gap Between Wanted and Actual Fertility Rates

28. Levels, trends, and differentials Determinants of fertility
Fertility preferences and ideal family size
Abortion
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29. Number of Induced Abortions
Percent distribution of women by number of induced abortions in the last 5 years

30. Pregnancy Duration at Abortion
Distribution of last abortion in the 5 years preceding the survey by pregnancy duration at time of abortion

31. Place of Abortion

32. Person who Assisted with Abortion
Distribution of last abortion in the last five years

33. 61% of abortions in the last five years were induced using vacuum aspiration and 28% were induced with an oral pill/tablet

34. Key Findings
Women have on average 3.0 children, down from 3.4 in 2005.
Women marry at a median age of 20.3 compared to 22.6 among men.
Women have their first birth at a median age of 22.3.
79% of currently married women either want no more children or want to wait at least 2 years before their next child.
17% of married women have an unmet need for family planning.
Currently married women report their ideal family size as 3.1 children.
5% of married women have had an abortion in the 5 years before the survey.