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Modern contraceptive use among married women in Afghanistan remains low at 18.3%, with utilization significantly driven by women's education, household wealth, parity, and media exposure, rather than the husband's education. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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Assess the prevalence of modern contraceptive use and evaluate associated sociodemographic factors, including husband's education and pregnancy desire, among married women.

September 8, 2026Discover Public HealthOpen Access

Modern contraceptive use and its associated factors among married women in Afghanistan

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ETEssa TawfiqUNSW Sydney MSMuhammad Haroon StanikzaiKandahar University ZEZainab EzadiCURE International UK

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Cross-sectional survey reveals low modern contraceptive uptake among married women, highlighting the critical role of female education, wealth, and media exposure.

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Assess the prevalence of modern contraceptive use and evaluate associated sociodemographic factors, including husband's education and pregnancy desire, among married women.
Cross-sectional analysis of 20,106 currently married women aged 15–49 years from the Afghanistan Health Survey 2018.
Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression models evaluated self-reported use of modern contraceptive methods and associated sociodemographic factors.
Overall modern contraceptive prevalence was 18.3% (95% CI: 16.6%–20.1%), with oral pills (33.9%), injectables (32.4%), condoms (21.6%), and intrauterine devices (6.2%) being the most common forms.
Odds of using modern contraception were significantly higher among women with secondary or higher education (AOR = 1.71; 95% CI: 1.40–2.09), highest wealth quintile (AOR = 2.59; 95% CI: 1.74–3.88), multiparity (AOR = 2.73; 95% CI: 1.92–3.87), and media exposure via radio (AOR = 2.09; 95% CI: 1.41–3.09) or TV (AOR = 1.91; 95% CI: 1.50–2.43).
Contraceptive use was markedly lower among women desiring pregnancy (AOR = 0.02; 95% CI: 0.01–0.05) and nulliparous women (AOR = 0.08; 95% CI: 0.03–0.22), while husband's education showed no significant association after multivariable adjustment.

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Tawfiq et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9fd7d558e84d0ff5b46ec8 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12982-026-02743-y

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Cross-sectional survey reveals low modern contraceptive uptake among married women, highlighting the critical role of female education, wealth, and media exposure.

Modern contraceptive use and its associated factors among married women in Afghanistan

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Modern contraceptive use and its associated factors among married women in Afghanistan

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