Factors Influencing Non-use of Family Planning among Rural Adolescent girls in Malawi Machira Kennedy1,2, Maonga Beston b.2 1North West University-Mafikeng, Population and Research Unit, Mmabatho, Republic of South Africa 2Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Faculty of Development Studies, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Lilongwe Online published on 5 May, 2018. Abstract Contraceptives uptake among rural adolescent girls remains a major challenge despite efforts aimed at promoting adolescent health in Malawi. The study, therefore, examined factors influencing non-use of family planning methods among rural adolescent girls. A sample of 4358 rural adolescent girls from 2010 Malawi Demographic and Health Survey and using logistic regression was used to estimate determinants. About 90.1% of the rural girls had never used family planning methods. Community factors such as distance to access health care and insufficient knowledge about contraceptives explained non-use status. The need to implement community based family planning interventions, targeting rural adolescent girls is paramount not only improve family planning uptake practices, but also their health well-being for country's socio economic development benefits. Top Keywords Family planning, contraceptives, teen mothers, sexual intercourse, Malawi. Top |