Intimate partner violence and unmet need for family planning in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A secondary analysis of the moderating role of reproductive coercion using performance monitoring for action data.

PLoS One · 2026 · PMC13143080 · PMID 42085434

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In particular, studies focusing on IPV and reproductive coercion are lacking within the DRC [ 47 ] despite high rates of IPV in the country (44% in 2014) and despite equally high unmet need for family planning, with an increasing trend from 28.7% in 2018 to 31.6% in 2024 [ 48 – 50 ].

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