Determinants Of Utilization Of Family Planning Services Among Women Of Child-Bearing Age
By Umar Amina Abdullahi | Cite
Family planning is an important preventive measure against maternal and child morbidity and mortality. It is an essential component of primary health care and reproductive health. There is relatively high fertility rate in suburban and rural Nigeria despite the efforts of government and other non-governmental family planning services providers. Even though the fertility rate is high, acceptance and utilization of modern family planning methods has been low due to various reasons. The objective of this study aims to determine the factors associated with utilization of family planning services among women of childbearing age in rural areas of Kano state, Nigeria. It is a descriptive cross-sectional, conducted among 364 women of childbearing age (15 to 49 years), utilizing the multi-stage sampling technique.139 (37%) of the respondents were within the age group 15 to 24 years, all respondents were married (100%) and 135 (37%) had more than 5 children. About half of the respondents (48.7%) had no formal education. Few were currently using a contraceptive method, however, the majority whom were not using any method had main reasons being lack of appropriate knowledge on family planning, fear of side effects and availability .The most significant socio-demographic determinants of utilization of family planning services were religion (p-value 0.01), family setting (p-value <0.001),age (p-value 0.01) and male involvement (p-value <0.001) . The utilization of family planning services among the rural women was poor, with religion, fear of side effect and husbands’ disapproval among other reasons being the main reasons for non use.
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This chapter introduces the Determinants Of Utilization Of Family Planning Services Among Women Of Child-Bearing Age and its relevance, states the research problems, research questions, and objectives, provides a background of the study, and should also include the research hypothesis [INTRO29690]…
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This chapter provides the background and context of the research problems, reviews the existing literature on the Determinants Of Utilization Of Family Planning Services Among Women Of Child-Bearing Age, and acknowledges the contributions of scholars who have previously conducted similar research [REV29690] …