| dc.description.abstract | Kenya has one of the most effective family planning strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Contraceptive awareness in Kenya is relatively high but the uptake is still low
indicating that the unmet needs still exist. Kenya is one of the top countries in the
continent with more than 52 million people and it’s one of the most populous nations
in Africa. The goal of the current research was to pinpoint the factors influencing
Kenyan women within the ages of 15 and 49 who use contraception. This research
study relies on secondary data obtained from a cross-sectional study done by the big
project Performance, Monitoring Accountability for Action 2019 survey. The National
Council for Science, Technology, and Innovation (NACOSTI) and the Kenyatta
National Ethics and Research Committee (KNERC) provided ethical approval for data
collection and all participating counties were administratively responsible. The
research project's sample included 9,477 women of reproductive age (WRA) from 11
of Kenya's 47 counties. It was carried out utilizing the multistage cluster approach.
Data was analyzed using Stata 16.1 analysis software, which generated frequency
tables and pie charts. Logistic regression was performed to determine the relationship
between Modern Contraceptive Method (MCM) intake and its factors ,95% confidence
interval and a 0.05 p-value were used to show the variable correlations. About 39%
of the respondents in the survey were aged 15-24 years, more than half 53.4% of the
women were married and 4.5% of respondents had no formal education. Women in
the middle quintile of wealth had significantly higher (aPOR 1.3, 95% C.I. 1.04, 1.57,
p=0.017) odds of using MCM than women in the lowest wealth class and rural
respondents were substantially less likely to use modern methods of contraception
(aPOR 0.8, 95% C.I. (0.63, 0.93, p=0.033) than urban women. In comparison to married
women, single women had lower odds of using MCM (aPOR 0.5 (95% CI. 0.39–0.56
p=0.000), and Muslims had lower odds (aPOR 0.6 (95% C.I. 0.42, 0.89 p=0.010) of using
MCM than Catholics. The provision of family planning (FP) services was shown to be
less in NHIF-covered facilities than in non-NHIF-covered ones (aPOR 0.535 (95% CI
0.29, 0.98, p=0.043). In the 11 counties of Kenya, 43.2% of WRA utilize modern
contraceptives, and 98.4% of respondents are aware of these options. Contraception
use in Kenya is low although MCM awareness is high. Initiatives to be geared towards
the 15–19 age group, those from lower socioeconomic classes and people who live in
rural areas. | en_US |
