Kenya's urban poor have high fertility rates and great family planning (FP) need. This book studies the impacts of married/cohabiting couples' characteristics and environmental factors on contraceptive use patterns among urban Kenyans. Data came from baseline population-based surveys from the Measurement, Learning and Evaluation Project in three Kenyan cities: Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu. The results show that current contraceptive use and switching patterns vary by household wealth; 62% of poor women were current users compared to 67% of the rich. Poor women were more likely to be using...
Kenya's urban poor have high fertility rates and great family planning (FP) need. This book studies the impacts of married/cohabiting couples' charact...