Patterns and Determinants of Contraceptive Use in Southern Africa in the context of higher HIV/AIDS prevalence.

It is well known that the contraceptive prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa is low Consequently, the unmet need for contraception is also likely to be quite high in these countries. Sub-Saharan countries differ significantly in educational level, economic status and population policy formulations. How do the patterns of contraceptive use vary by male and female in the context of higher HIV/AIDS? How did the patterns of contraceptive use change over time?
The objectives of this paper are; (a) to study the patterns of contraceptive use in southern Africa in the context of higher HIV/AIDS prevalence , (b) to find out the determinants of contraceptive use in southern Africa and (c) to correlate contraceptive prevalence and unmet need with the achievement of Millennium Development Goal 5,i.e. improving maternal health.
Data and Methods
Five countries viz. DRC, South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique and Zambia are selected for the study. The data from different rounds of DHS will be used for the analysis. Analysis will be carried out by pooling data from different rounds of DHS. Analysis will be carried out using bi-variate and multi-variate statistical techniques. Multilevel multinomial model will be applied to find out the e