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CONTRACEPTIVE PRACTICE AMONG MARRIED MARKET MEN IN NIGERIA
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ABSTRACT
Background: Until recently, family planning researchers and service providers had
focused almost exclusively on women. Men are often seen as uncooperative and
uninterested in family planning or reproductive health.
Objective: To investigate the contraceptive knowledge, attitude and practice among
married market men.
Design: A cross-sectional survey.
Setting: llesa Main Market, Osun State, Nigeria.
Subjects: Four hundred and fifty married market men were interviewed between
November 2000 and January 2001.
Main Outcome Measures: Level of awareness and utilisation, reasons for non-use,
influence of socio-demographic variables.
Results: All the men were aware of family planning and 60.9% are currently using
a form of contraception with their spouse. Reasons for non-contraceptive use by 39.1%
of the respondents include: family size not yet complete, religious opposition, afraid
of contraceptive failure, still searching for a male sex. Christianity and education were
significantly associated with contraceptive use and knowledge (p< 0.05).
Conclusion: Men favour contraceptive use in Nigeria. Involving men by family planning
providers is a winning strategy with benefits to both men and women.
Background: Until recently, family planning researchers and service providers had
focused almost exclusively on women. Men are often seen as uncooperative and
uninterested in family planning or reproductive health.
Objective: To investigate the contraceptive knowledge, attitude and practice among
married market men.
Design: A cross-sectional survey.
Setting: llesa Main Market, Osun State, Nigeria.
Subjects: Four hundred and fifty married market men were interviewed between
November 2000 and January 2001.
Main Outcome Measures: Level of awareness and utilisation, reasons for non-use,
influence of socio-demographic variables.
Results: All the men were aware of family planning and 60.9% are currently using
a form of contraception with their spouse. Reasons for non-contraceptive use by 39.1%
of the respondents include: family size not yet complete, religious opposition, afraid
of contraceptive failure, still searching for a male sex. Christianity and education were
significantly associated with contraceptive use and knowledge (p< 0.05).
Conclusion: Men favour contraceptive use in Nigeria. Involving men by family planning
providers is a winning strategy with benefits to both men and women.
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