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