Table 2.

Contraception stigma among secondary school teachers (n = 122) in suburban secondary schools in Western Kenya.

Contraception stigma*	Stigmatizing scores⁎⁎n (%)	Mean ± SD
1. A married woman is more deserving of a contraceptive method than an unmarried woman	69 (56.6)	3.0 ± 1.4
2. A girl who uses a contraceptive method is promiscuous	52 (43.0)	2.6 ± 1.4
3. A girl who uses a contraceptive method will encourage others to a promiscuous lifestyle	62 (51.0)	2.8 ± 1.3
4. A girl cannot decide for herself if to use a contraceptive method	60 (50.0)	2.8 ± 1.4
5. A girl who uses contraceptives will have problem when she decides to get pregnant	69 (57.0)	2.8 ± 1.3
6. A girl who carries condoms is likely to have many sexual partners	45 (37.0)	2.5 ± 1.3
7. A girl should not insist to use a condom. It is the for the man to decide whether to use a condom or not	9 (7.0)	1.4 ± 0.8

^⁎Contraception Use Stigma scale.

^⁎⁎1= strongly disagree, 5= strongly agree, score ≥3 stigmatizing.