| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study is to examine how socio-economic, sociocultural
and demographic factors determine contraceptive use in
Kisii District. The objective is based on the fact that Kenya
launched its family planning programme for more than two decades
ago, but st ill contraceptive use is very low. In an attempt to
determine the factors responsible for this situation, the study has
selected k is t i District since it is an area with high fertility
level and low contraceptive use. The study has analyzed the problem
by looking at the relationship between contraceptive use and socioeconomic,
socio-cultural and demographic characteristics of the
women covered in the survey.
From the analysis of the above relationships, the study
found out that education, child and infant mortality, ideal number
of children and age of- the
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mother. ··were major indicators of
contraceptive use. Following is the summary of the findings;
(i) Contraceptive u,se increased with the level of education
(ii) The number of children dead was found to be inversely
related with contraceptive use. In other words, as the
number of children dead increased, contraceptive use
decreased.
(iii) Contraceptive use was not affected by type of place
of residence. Most of the women in both rural and
urban areas were found not to have used any method and
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at the same time were currently not using
any method of contraception.
(iv) Women in 30-34 and 35-39 age-group used
contraceptives more than women in the other
age groups in the study.
(v) Married women used contraceptives more than unmarried
women.
(vi) Ideal number of children was found to be negatively
related to contraceptive use. Those women who regarded
less than three children as ideal number used
contraceptives more than their counterparts.
(vii) Catholic women used contraceptives less than
protestants.
In an effort to raise the level of contraceptive use in
Kisii district, this study has recommended that;
(i) The government should raise the educational
standard~ of the women i~~~he District.
(ii) Contraceptive use should be encouraged especially
among the, exposed group aged 15-19 years because
this age group has along reproductive period
compared to the other age groups in the study.
(iii) The government should expand the existing public
.health and nutritional programmes for both parents | en |
