Prevalence and Factors Associated with Contraceptive Use Among Kenyan Women Aged 15–49 Years

• Published in: AIDS and behavior Vol. 22; no. Suppl 1; pp. 125 - 130
• Main Authors: Lunani, Laura L., Abaasa, Andrew, Omosa-Manyonyi, Gloria
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.07.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Adolescent; Adult; AIDS; Birth control; Bivariate analysis; Children; Contraception; Contraception Behavior - statistics & numerical data; Contraceptives; Demographics; Disease transmission; Economic factors; Female; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Health Psychology; Health Surveys; HIV; HIV Infections - prevention & control; HIV Infections - transmission; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical - prevention & control; Infectious Diseases; Kenya - epidemiology; Low income groups; Marital status; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Original Paper; Patient Acceptance of Health Care - statistics & numerical data; Prevalence; Public Health; Religion; Sociodemographics; Women; Womens health; Young Adult; Kenya; Women; Contraceptive use; Reproductive age; Prevalence; Kenya
• ISSN: 1090-7165; 1573-3254
• DOI: 10.1007/s10461-018-2203-5

Uptake of contraceptives is generally low in low-income settings. For women with HIV, contraception is a reliable and affordable method of minimizing vertical transmission. We investigated the factors that affect contraceptive use among Kenyan women using data collected during the Kenya Demographic & Health Survey (KDHS) of 2014. Data on contraceptive use were extracted from the 2014 KDHS database. Records of 31,079 Kenyan women of reproductive age (15–49 years) were analyzed. Frequencies were calculated; cross-tabulations and bivariate and multivariate analyses were conducted. Twelve thousand thirty-two women (39%) reported using a contraceptive method. Region, religion, education, number of living children, marital status, and prior testing for HIV were significantly associated with contraceptive use among women ( P  < 0.001). Social, economic, and demographic factors predict contraceptive use among Kenyan women and should be addressed in order to increase contraceptive uptake.