CPD: 14.1% of Filipinos still use traditional family planning

Inquirer.net - Sep 18, 2026

MANILA, Philippines — About 14.1 percent of Filipinos still rely on traditional family planning methods such as withdrawal and the calendar method despite the steady rise in modern contraceptive use, the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) said Thursday. Mylin Mirasol Quiray, chief of the CPD Information Management and Communications Division, said the share of

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