Table 4

Out-of-pocket (OOP) payment (in KES) for injectable and implant across all provider types among users with non-zero expenditure by sociodemographic characteristics

InjectableImplant
nMedianMean (95% CI)nMedianMean (95% CI)
Wealth quintileQuintile ratio†Quintile ratio†
 Poorest209KES 70KES 71 (66 to 77)29KES 200KES 294 (165 to 422)
 Poor417KES 70KES 71 (67 to 74)89KES 200KES 244 (212 to 274)
 Middle459KES 70KES 76 (73 to 79)p<0.00181KES 200KES 266 (223 to 309)p<0.001
 Wealthy516KES 100KES 83 (80 to 87)101KES 200KES 357 (248 to 465)
 Wealthiest379KES 100KES 96 (91 to 101)1.3 (p<0.001)177KES 500KES 522 (415 to 629)1.8 (p=0.007)
Residence
 Urban790KES 100KES 91 (88 to 94)p<0.001230KES 200KES 455 (364 to 545)p=0.005
 Rural1191KES 70KES 73 (71 to 75)246KES 300KES 306 (258 to 355)
Educational attainment
 Less than primary615KES 80KES 75 (72 to 78)115KES 200KES 340 (255 to 425)
 Less than secondary915KES 100KES 80 (77 to 84)p<0.001202KES 200KES 295 (244 to 346)p=0.004
 Secondary+451KES 100KES 87 (83 to 91)160KES 300KES 510 (394 to 626)
Age group (years)
 <2077KES 100KES 81 (74 to 87)9KES 400KES 307 (171 to 442)
 20–291030KES 87KES 80 (77 to 83)p=0.928226KES 200KES 369 (304 to 433)p=0.594
 30+874KES 100KES 80 (77 to 82)242KES 200KES 389 (307 to 472)
Region*
 Central207KES 100KES 90 (86 to 95)87KES 300KES 396 (304 to 488)
 Coast125KES 100KES 82 (73 to 92)11KES 200KES 379 (119 to 639)
 Eastern425KES 80KES 77 (73 to 81)67KES 300KES 414 (333 to 495)
 Nairobi183KES 100KES 101 (91 to 111)p<0.00151KES 503KES 704 (374 to 1034)p<0.001
 Nyanza315KES 50KES 72 (68 to 77)66KES 200KES 255 (185 to 324)
 Rift Valley492KES 87KES 80 (76 to 84)129KES 200KES 358 (275 to 440)
 Western232KES 70KES 69 (64 to 74)64KES 200KES 226 (183 to 270)
  • *Due to the very low modern contraceptive prevalence (<5%), results for the North Eastern region are not presented.

  • †Ratio of mean OOP expenditure comparing the wealthiest users with the poorest users. Adjusted Wald-type test based on the delta method was used to test for significance.

  • 1 KES=US$0.0114.

  • KES, Kenyan shillings.