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Figure 8.12c Contraceptive use* among married or cohabiting women aged 15-49 yearswho do not want a child ever in the future or in the next two years, by actual HIV status,<strong>Kenya</strong> <strong>2007</strong>.60Women Using Method of Contraception (Weighted %)453015057.951.845.640.51.6 2.7Not Using Contraception Using Traditional Methods Using Modern ContraceptionMethod of ContraceptionHIV-infected in <strong>KAIS</strong>HIV-uninfected in <strong>KAIS</strong>Figure 8.12c More than half (57.9%) of HIV-infected women in married or cohabitingrelationships who had a need for contraception were not using any contraception.* Modern contraception includes male or female sterilization, oral pill, intrauterine device, injections, implant, condom,and female condom. Traditional methods include withdrawal and rhythm/natural methods.Of all married or cohabiting women aged 15‐49 years, 70.5% did not want a child ever in the future orwanted a child but not in the next two years. Of these women for whom we also had an HIV testresult, it appears that more HIV‐infected women were not using any contraception (57.9%) comparedto HIV‐uninfected women (51.8%), though this difference was not significant. Fewer HIV‐infectedwomen were using modern contraception (40.5%) when compared to HIV‐uninfected women (45.6%)but this difference was also not significant. More than 50% of women were not using anycontraception at all, irrespective of actual HIV infection status.<strong>KAIS</strong> <strong>2007</strong> 161

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