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More married women turn to reversible contraceptives
An analysis of Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS) data shows that uptake of female sterilisation dropped from 4.3 percent in 2003 to 2.3 percent in 2022—a decrease of 2 percentage points, or nearly half in proportional terms.
The number of married women choosing sterilisation as a form of contraception has fallen by 46.5 percent over the past 20 years, suggesting a shift towards long-acting reversible contraceptive methods, such as Copper Intrauterine contraceptive devices (IUDs) and hormonal implants.
Sterilisation is a permanent surgical procedure that blocks a woman’s fallopian tube and was once a popular choice for those who had finished having children.
