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Background: Family planning plays an important role in reducing high-risk and unwanted pregnancies and associated complications. Kenya has made progress increasing the use of modern contraceptives. We assessed inequalities in contraceptive use and family planning demand satisfied.

Methods: We used data from seven rounds of Performance, Monitoring and Accountability 2020 cross-sectional surveys, 2014-2018. Women aged 15-49 years were interviewed after informed consent was obtained. Contraceptive prevalence and demand for family planning satisfied standard definitions were used. Data were stratified by type of contraception (long-acting/permanent, short-acting, or traditional); wealth, residence, education, age, and wealth. Data were analysed using Stata v14.

Results: Modern contraceptive prevalence has increased from 58.7% in 2014 to 64.2% in 2018 among sexually active married women. Total demand for family planning satisfied (DFPS) has increased from 70.5% in 2014 to 79.0% in 2018. There was a significant increase in long acting/permanent methods from 27.1% in 2014 to 42.9% in 2018 and a decrease in short acting methods from 71.6% in 2014 to 54.0% in 2018. The odds of contraception use among older women was 1.48 times higher than among adolescents (aOR= 1.48; 95% CI: 1.21, 1.81); among married women 0.74 times compared to the unmarried women (aOR 0.74; 95% CI: 0.63, 0.86). The odds of contraception use increased with increasing education (secondary or higher education: aOR 3.78; 95% CI: 2.90, 4.92) and wealth quintiles (highest wealth quintile: aOR= 1.36; 95% CI: 1.12, 1.65). There …