NSFG 2022–2023 · EA-16 — Method Dissatisfaction

Which methods do women
walk away from?

Dissatisfied rate = women who explicitly stopped a method due to unhappiness ÷ all women who ever used that method. Data from the US National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) 2022–2023, 5,586 female respondents.

Dissatisfied rate by method — sorted highest to lowest

Method
Rate
%
Stopped / Used
Depo-Provera →EA-4
34.2%
337 / 986
stopped / users
Vaginal Ring →EA-10
34.0%
180 / 529
stopped / users
Contraceptive Patch →EA-9
32.6%
111 / 340
stopped / users
Hormonal Implant →EA-13c
29.1%
136 / 468
stopped / users
Birth Control Pills →EA-1
28.9%
1008 / 3485
stopped / users
IUD →EA-13d
23.4%
263 / 1124
stopped / users
Condoms →EA-2
7.6%
316 / 4159
stopped / users
Withdrawal →EA-6
5.1%
159 / 3090
stopped / users
Partner's Vasectomy →EA-3
0.2%
1 / 634
stopped / users

Note: Emergency contraception (EA-11, MORNPILL) is excluded — it is a one-time backup method and does not appear in the EA-17 dissatisfaction question. Click any row to open the full breakdown for that method.