title: Planning Status of Births
unit_of_measure: Percent
linearized_input: Planning Status of Births | Percent | (Wanted then, 0.57) (Unwanted, 0.17) (Wanted later, 0.26)
table_text: 17 percent of births in Kenya are unwanted, and 26 percent are mistimed (wanted later). There has been little change since 2003 in the proportions of births that are unwanted and mistimed. The proportion of births considered to be unwanted registered a marginal reduction from 20 percent in 2003 to 17 percent in 2008-09, and the proportion of mistimed births increased from 25 to 26 percent in the same period.
target: 17 percent of births in Kenya are unwanted, and 26 percent are mistimed (wanted later).