When I went to buy a female condom from the supermarket, imagine one packet goes for two hundred Kenyan shilins while that of a male condom was sold at fifty Kenyan shillings. And it is used only once. The packet had only one condom while a packet of male condom had three. My partner opted for the male condom (respondent from Migori KMTC).
The researcher probed the respondents to establish if the female condom was available and affordable will that increase the utilization, majority of the respondents 77.6% were willing to use the device while 16.8% said they won’t use and 5.6% proportion of the respondents was not sure since other factors will determine the use or disuse of the device. The attitude of the user was discussed during focus group discussion to determine the level of utilization of the female condom if it was available and affordable (p=0.019, χ2 =5.4812, df=2, OR=6.583).
When discussing on issues of financing in focus group discussion, it came out from the participants that the youths were not fully satisfied with the support they receive from the principal supporter therefore seek more money from both relatives and sexual partners. Majority of the respondents reported to have gotten main financial support from the parents, some who received support from partners and relatives were likely to have casual relations and this increased use of the device among those who engaged in casual sexual relationships,(p≤0.001, χ2 =30.0781,OR=5.985).
Table 2: Factors affecting accessibility and use of female condom