Document Type
Report
Publication Date
2011
Abstract
In Kenya, recent trends in contraceptive use among currently married women aged 15–49 years show that after experiencing a stall between 1998 and 2003, the contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) increased between 2003 and 2008–2009. Although the increase in CPR after 2003 is encouraging, there is limited understanding of how these changes affected adolescents, especially girls, given the unique sexual and reproductive health challenges that they face. This report is based on a secondary analysis of the Kenya Demographic and Health Surveys (KDHS) data to understand the trends, differentials, and determinants of contraceptive use among adolescent girls aged 15–19 years in the country over a 10-year period and to identify the programmatic implications of the observed patterns.
Recommended Citation
Obare, Francis, Harriet Birungi, Chi-Chi Undie, Monica Wanjiru, Wilson Liambila, and Ian Askew. 2011. "Levels, trends and determinants of contraceptive use among adolescent girls in Kenya," APHIA II Operations Research Project in Kenya Report. Nairobi: Population Council.
DOI
10.31899/rh3.1034
Language
English
Project
AIDS, Population, and Health Integrated Assistance (APHIA II) Operations Research Project
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