Failure Rates of Various Contraceptives as Evidenced in the 1989 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey
Abstract
contraceptive Failure has been and still is a big problem in family
planning in Kenya. Ferti1ity control which depends on
contraceptive use in family planning has not been fully successful
because of large scale failure. The purpose of this study,
therefore, is to estimate contraceptive failure rate for various
methods of contraception. The study also attempts to estimate
failure rates by various socio-cultural, socio-economic and
demographic factors.
The estimates were achieved using a "New method of estimating
contraceptive failure rate", by J. Bongaarts and G.
Rodriguez, (1991). The monthly failure rate "f" was estimated by
f = pbj120 ua. The estimation involved the use of secondary data,
the 1989 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey, and it involved the
whole country.
Periodic abstinence and condom were found to having be among the
highest failure rate after other methods of contraception for the
general married women in Kenya. IUD, Injection and the pill had the
lowest contraceptive failure ~ate. By religion, Catholics had the
highest failure rate among all the other religions, while the
Muslims had the lowest contraceptive failure rate. By ethnic
groups, the Embu/Meru had the lowest contraceptive failure rate for
all methods combined, while the Kisii had the highest contraceptive
failure rate. Findings of woman's place of residence, show that
women of rural-residence had the highest contraceptive failure rate
as compared to their urban counterparts. Failure rate for all
methods combined for women of various educational levels indicate
that women of primary education have got the highest contraceptive
failure. Women of secondary education and above on the other hand
have got the lowest contraceptive failure. By age group of the
woman, findings show that the younger women of age group 15-24 had
among the highest contraceptive failure rates. Women of age group
35-44 had the lowest contraceptive failure rate. Findings by
provinces indicated that Central province had the lowest
contraceptive failure while Nyanza Province had the highest failure
rate. From this study, it isrecommended that there should be more
rigorous education to the general public about contraceptive
methods and correct methods of use. The church too also has apart
to play in disseminating information on various contraceptive
methods, and go on further to educate their members on how to
correctly use the methods that are considered acceptable by the
church.
Citation
M.A (Population Studies) Thesis 1992Sponsorhip
University of NairobiPublisher
University of Nairobi Faculty of Education, University of Nairobi
Description
Master of Arts Thesis