Understanding the drivers of modern contraceptive use trend change and inequalities among sexually active women in Lesotho: A decomposition analysis (2004–2023)

• Million Phiri ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: millsphiri@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Demography, Population Sciences and Monitoring and Evaluation, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia, Demography and Population Studies Programme, Schools of Public Health and Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Centre for Social Development in Africa, Schools of Social Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1663-7503

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• Mapitso Lebuso,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Statistics and Demography, Faculty of Social Sciences, National University of Lesotho, Maseru, Lesotho

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• Nthatisi Leseba,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Statistics and Demography, Faculty of Social Sciences, National University of Lesotho, Maseru, Lesotho

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• Talent Tapera,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Demography and Population Studies Programme, Schools of Public Health and Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, College of Graduate Studies, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Joseph Kazibwe,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Science, Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden

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• Nebechukwu Henry Ugwu,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Demography and Population Studies Programme, Schools of Public Health and Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu, Nigeria

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• Garikayi Bernard Chemhaka

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Rehabilitation and Health Services Department, College of Health and Public Service, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8863-9826

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