Are Contraceptive Method Preferences Stable? Measuring Change in the Preferred Method among Kenyan Women.
Stud Fam Plann
; 55(3): 193-214, 2024 Sep.
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| ID: mdl-39010650
ABSTRACT
Contraceptive preferences are important for reproductive outcomes, such as contraceptive continuation and pregnancy. Current approaches to measuring reproductive preferences in population surveys are limited to exploring only fertility preferences and implicitly assume that contracepting people are using a method they want. We know that people change their fertility preferences over the life course as a response to life events, but there is no information about changes in contraceptive preferences, given the limited evidence about the measurement and distribution of contraceptive preferences. In this study, we examined the extent of change in women's contraceptive preferences over one year and identified characteristics associated with this change in Kenya using three rounds of nationally representative longitudinal data. Over one year, 18 percent of contraceptive users and 46 percent of contraceptive nonusers reported changes in their preferred contraceptive. Experiencing a pregnancy or birth and changes in marital status were associated with changes in contraceptive preferences for users and nonusers. We found that contraceptive preferences are dynamic, suggesting that family planning programs should ensure people's access to various methods to respond to women's changing circumstances and preferences.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Anticoncepção
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Comportamento Contraceptivo
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
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Pregnancy
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Stud Fam Plann
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Stud. fam. plann
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Studies in family planning
Ano de publicação:
2024
Tipo de documento:
Article