Regional differences in unmet need for contraception in Kenya: insights from survey data

BMC Women's Health

Table 1 Regional percentage change in unmet need in Kenya, KDHS 2008/09

	UNS_H(a)	UNS_L(b)	UNL_H(c)	UNL_L(d)	Difference in difference (DiD) estimates DiD = (a + c)-(b + d)
Total	15.4	8.6	14.1	10.5	10.4
Maternal age
15–24	26.1	20	6.1	5	7.2
25–29	19.8	11.4	11.7	7.3	12.8
30–39	11.8	5.6	15.6	12.3	9.5
40–49	1.9	1.4	25.5	15.4	10.6
Number of living children
0–2	19.1	10.5	5.6	3.8	10.4
3 to 5	15.3	8	15.4	13.6	9.1
6+	8.2	4.4	29	23.6	9.2
Maternal education
None	18.2	14.5	10.3	5.7	8.3
Primary incomplete	18.4	10.2	17.7	16.6	9.3
Primary complete	15.5	9.8	15.4	11.6	9.5
Secondary +	14.3	11	22.4	16.6	9.1
Spousal education
None	17.3	14	12.7	4	12
Primary	17.3	10.4	16	12.5	10.4
Secondary+	21.4	12.4	21.5	18.5	12
Household wealth index
Poor	12	14	17.7	16	−0.3
Middle	19.4	6.1	12.3	10.8	14.8
Rich	13.6	7.2	11.2	8	9.6
Religion
Roman catholic	18.8	7.2	15.8	13.8	13.6
Protestant/other Christian	14	8	14.5	10.2	10.3
Muslims	18.6	16.4	7.5	2.8	6.9
Reads newspapers
Not at all	16.5	9.7	14.8	11.5	10.1
Less than once a week	17.5	8.3	11.9	11.3	9.8
At least once a week	11.4	6.3	15.2	7.2	13.1
Almost every day	3.7	4.2	9.3	6.7	2.1
Listens to radio
Not at all	19.1	15	14.4	9.1	9.4
Less than once a week	16.5	10	14	16.1	4.4
At least once a week	19.7	9.8	11.8	11.9	9.8
Almost every day	13.5	6.7	14.6	9.7	11.7
Watches television
Not at all	17.6	11.6	15.7	12.4	9.3
Less than once a week	16.1	8.4	10.9	12.3	6.3
At least once a week	14.7	8.2	6.5	6.9	6.1
Almost every day	8.2	4.5	13.1	7.9	8.9

UNS_H unmet need to space in the high zones, UNS_L unmet need to space in the low zones, UNL_H unmet need to limit in the high zones, UNL_L unmet need to limit in the low zones

ISSN: 1472-6874