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

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...