76% of married women in need of family planning - report

Married women in Kenya have 76 per cent demand for family planning, a Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) report shows.

Of the 76 per cent, 14 of the married women have unmet family planning needs.

According to the report, 62 per cent are currently using family planning.

"Women with no education have the lowest level of family planning demand satisfied," the report showed.

The report further reveals that nearly all women and men (99 per cent each) have knowledge of modern contraceptive methods.

A lower percentage of women and men have knowledge of traditional methods, with 85 per cent of women and 86 per cent of men knowing a traditional method.

The most well-known modern methods among all women are male condoms 97 per cent,  injectables 94 per cent implants 91 per cent and contraceptive pills 91 per cent.

"While the methods most frequently reported by men are male condoms 99 per cent, injectables 88 per cent, contraceptive pills 84 per cent and implants 80 per cent."

The 2022 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (2022 KDHS) was implemented by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MoH) and other stakeholders.

The data collection was done from February 17 to July 31, 2022.

The sample for the 2022 KDHS report was drawn from the Kenya Household Master Sample Frame (K-HMSF).

The sample size was computed at 42,300 households, with 25 households selected per cluster, which resulted in 1,692 clusters spread across the country, 1,026 clusters in rural areas, and 666 in urban areas.

It was also done through a questionnaire where they used the household questionnaire, the woman’s questionnaire, the man’s questionnaire, and the biomarker questionnaire.