Factors Influencing Male Interest in Family Planning in Kenya
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(1) Department of Sociology, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 30197, Nairobi
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Abstract
This paper examines factors that influence male interest and participation in family planning in Kenya. Quantitative data were assembled from a sample of 221 married men from Siaya and Machakos districts of Kenya. Additional qualitative data were collected through focus group discussions and key informant interviews. Male knowledge and interest in family planning was found to be higher among the young and educated. However, some socio-cultural and method-related obstacles inhibited inter-spousal communication. The study identifies increased male services, and community-based male peer-educator approaches, as ways of ensuring sustained male interest and participation in family planning in rural Kenya. (Afr J Rep rod Health 1998;2(2): 122—141)
KEY WORDS: Male contraception, family planning, gender, Kenya
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