ArticleStudies in family planning2021
Does the Belief That Contraceptive Use Causes Infertility Actually Affect Use? Findings from a Social Network Study in Kenya.
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- Influence of social networks on women's contraceptive decision-making and action: a qualitative study in two districts in Uganda.BMC public health · 2025Article
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- Improving contraceptive agency through peer social support: findings from a longitudinal qualitative evaluation of the I-CAN intervention in Uganda.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Article
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- Provider bias and family planning in Upper Egypt: a simulated client approach.The Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association · 2023Article
- Fulfilment of fertility desires for the attainment of Global Sustainable Development Goals.BMJ global health · 2023Article
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- The role of social norms on adolescent family planning in rural Kilifi county, Kenya.PloS one · 2023Article
- If fear of infertility restricts contraception use, what do we know about this fear? An examination in rural Ethiopia.Reproductive health · 2022Article
- Perceptions of peer contraceptive use and its influence on contraceptive method use and choice among young women and men in Kenya: a quantitative cross-sectional study.Reproductive health · 2022Article
- Contraceptive method use trajectories among young women in Kenya: A qualitative study.Frontiers in global women's health · 2022Article
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Abstract
The belief that contraceptive use causes infertility has been documented across sub-Saharan Africa, but its quantitative association with actual contraceptive use has not been examined. We collected and analyzed sociocentric network data covering 74 percent of the population in two villages in rural Kenya. We asked respondents to nominate people from their village (their network), and then we matched their network (alters) to the individual participant (ego) to understand how their beliefs and behaviors differ. We asked about contraceptive use and level of agreement with a statement about contraceptive use causing infertility. We calculated the average nominated network contraceptive use score and the average nominated network belief score. Holding the individual belief that contraceptive use causes infertility was associated with lower odds of using contraceptive (AOR = 0.82, p = < 0.01); however, when one's own nominated network connections held this belief, the odds of using contraceptive were even lower (AOR = 0.75, p <0.01). Our findings show that this belief is associated with lower odds of contraceptive use and highlights the role that other people in one's network play in reinforcing it. Sexual and reproductive health programs should address this misperception at the individual and social network level.
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