Table 1.
Among public sector providers, proportion reporting free family planning by modern method users’ sociodemographic characteristics
| Government hospital (n=929) |
Government health centre (n=815) |
Government dispensary (n=1267) |
Total public (n=3011) |
|
| Overall (95% CI) | 50.1 (45.9 to 54.3) | 56.2 (50.9 to 61.4) | 48.5 (45.0 to 52.1) | 51.1 (48.5 to 53.7) |
| Method | ||||
| Injectable | 38.4 (32.4 to 44.8) | 46.0 (39.3 to 52.9) | 39.2 (34.8 to 43.7) | 40.7 (37.5 to 44.1) |
| Implant | 55.0 (47.1 to 62.6) | 63.0 (53.9 to 71.1) | 61.5 (54.6 to 67.9) | 59.6 (54.8 to 64.2) |
| Pill | 68.7 (53.8 to 80.6) | 66.0 (50.6 to 78.6) | 61.1 (50.0 to 71.3) | 64.7 (57.1 to 71.6) |
| Condom | 90.8 (71.0 to 97.5) | 92.8 (77.4 to 98.0) | 97.4 (83.7 to 99.6) | 93.6 (85.0 to 97.3) |
| Intrauterine device | 49.6 (38.6 to 60.7) | 75.4 (57.8 to 87.3) | 73.4 (57.1 to 85.1) | 60.7 (52.8 to 68.1) |
| Wealth quintile | ||||
| Poorest | 61.7 (48.7 to 73.1) | 54.1 (41.3 to 66.5) | 46.1 (39.2 to 53.1) | 50.2 (44.4 to 55.9) |
| Poor | 51.2 (41.0 to 61.4) | 51.7 (42.2 to 61.1) | 44.3 (38.4 to 50.4) | 47.6 (43.0 to 52.3) |
| Middle | 43.2 (35.5 to 51.2) | 52.4 (42.6 to 62.0) | 48.9 (41.3 to 56.5) | 48.6 (43.6 to 53.7) |
| Wealthy | 51.8 (43.6 to 60.0) | 57.1 (47.3 to 66.3) | 54.4 (45.9 to 62.7) | 54.2 (48.6 to 59.7) |
| Wealthiest | 49.6 (42.0 to 57.2) | 66.9 (55.0 to 76.9) | 53.9 (39.8 to 67.4) | 54.9 (48.7 to 61.0) |
| Residence | ||||
| Urban | 49.1 (43.6 to 54.7) | 66.0 (56.8 to 74.2) | 56.1 (47.6 to 64.3) | 55.2 (50.6 to 59.7) |
| Rural | 51.6 (45.1 to 58.0) | 50.9 (44.7 to 57.0) | 46.8 (42.9 to 50.7) | 48.8 (45.8 to 51.9) |
| Educational attainment | ||||
| Less than primary | 56.7 (48.3 to 64.7) | 55.1 (47.0 to 62.9) | 47.6 (42.5 to 52.6) | 51.7 (47.8 to 55.6) |
| Less than secondary | 46.0 (40.0 to 52.0) | 56.6 (49.3 to 63.6) | 48.9 (43.8 to 53.9) | 49.9 (46.4 to 53.5) |
| Secondary+ | 51.3 (43.0 to 59.4) | 57.1 (46.9 to 66.6) | 49.8 (40.9 to 58.7) | 52.5 (47.0 to 58.0) |
| Age group (years) | ||||
| <20 | 41.3 (19.4 to 67.4) | 61.3 (40.2 to 78.9) | 60.4 (42.8 to 75.7) | 55.4 (43.4 to 66.9) |
| 20–29 | 45.8 (40.0 to 51.7) | 55.3 (48.1 to 62.4) | 42.9 (37.9 to 48.1) | 47.0 (43.5 to 50.6) |
| 30+ | 54.2 (48.0 to 60.3) | 56.5 (49.8 to 63.0) | 52.7 (47.8 to 57.5) | 54.2 (50.7 to 57.7) |
| Region* | ||||
| Central | 53.1 (43.5 to 62.4) | 64.0 (50.7 to 75.4) | 60.2 (47.8 to 71.4) | 58.6 (51.3 to 65.5) |
| Coast | 70.3 (58.9 to 79.7) | 81.2 (69.6 to 89.0) | 62.4 (52.4 to 71.4) | 69.1 (62.1 to 75.2) |
| Eastern | 35.2 (26.3 to 45.2) | 40.4 (29.5 to 52.3) | 44.5 (36.9 to 52.4) | 41.5 (36.0 to 47.2) |
| Nairobi | 70.4 (54.1 to 82.7) | 76.0 (55.3 to 89.0) | −† | 76.6 (63.4 to 86.0) |
| Nyanza | 59.4 (49.8 to 68.3) | 55.6 (44.2 to 66.4) | 37.0 (30.0 to 44.7) | 49.0 (43.1 to 55.0) |
| Rift Valley | 30.9 (24.2 to 38.5) | 48.0 (37.3 to 58.9) | 42.8 (36.7 to 49.1) | 39.4 (35.1 to 43.8) |
| Western | 60.1 (43.6 to 74.5) | 46.6 (34.2 to 59.4) | 50.0 (39.8 to 60.3) | 50.6 (43.5 to 57.7) |
*Due to the very low modern contraceptive prevalence (<5%), results for the North Eastern region are not presented.
†No respondents reported this provider.