While use of the pill declined with age, the report found that female sterilization increased with age.

Men with less education were more likely to report female sterilization in their partner.

The prevalence of female sterilization in Brazil is among the highest in the world.

Its simplicity and effectiveness made the Pomeroy procedure a common choice for female sterilization that is still being used today.

Worldwide, female sterilization is used by 33% of married women using contraception, making it the most common contraceptive method.

The most common method used is female sterilization which accounts for over a third of all modern method users.

About three-fourths of these were using female sterilization, which is by far the most prevalent birth-control method in India.

In other countries, like India, national family planning programs only offer female sterilization (a surgery which makes a woman unable to ever have children again).

As it has been for nearly a half-century, India's family planning program remains dependent on female sterilization.

Prior to minilap, surgery for female sterilization often required women to remain in the hospital for up to a week.