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Item Causes and Implications of Violence against Women as Perceived by Undergraduates in Kwara State University, Malete, Nigeria(Nigerian Association of Health Educators, 2020) Jidda, K. A.; Jamiu, A. T.Violence Against Women (VAN) implies any act of violence directed at women and girls because of their gender. This study examined the causes and implications of violence against women as perceived by undergraduates of Kwara State University, Malete in Nigeria. A descriptive research design of survey method was used for the study. A multi-stage sampling procedure was employed to select 287 respondents for the study. The four postulated null hypotheses were tested using inferential statistics of t-test and ANOVA @ 0.05 alpha level. The findings from the study revealed that causes of violence against women as perceived by undergraduates include norms granting male control over female, culture linking masculinity to dominance or aggression, carly marriage, gender inequality, mental health issues such as witnessing violence as a child, poverty, alcohol abuse and rigid gender roles. The implications of violence agamst women perceived were that violence makes women become aggressive against men; results in low self-esteem such as depression; leads to rape, Sexually Transmitted Infections, unwanted pregnancy and abortion. It was also found that there was no difference in the perceived causes and implications between male and female undergraduates regardless of their levels. It was therefore recommended among others that comprehensive public awareness campaigns should be carried out, to inform the public that domestic violence is harmful and against the law; the University should integrate a comprehensive understanding of the causes and consequences of Violence Against Women into appropriate education and training curricula at all levels, including, among others, in the professional education of health workers, teachers, law enforcement personnel and social workersItem Social-Cultural Factors Influencing the Choice of Family Planning Method Among Married couples in Ife-central LGA, Osun State.(Institute of Education, University of Ilorin., 2018) Jamiu, A. T.; Jidda, K. A.; Abdulrasaq, Q. O.; James, J. F.Item Socio-Cultural Factors Influencing the Choice of Family Planning Method Among Married Couple in Ife-Central LGA, Osun State.(Published by Institute of Education, University of Ilorin., 2018) Jamiu, A. T.; Jidda, K. A.; Abdulrasaq, Q. O.; James, J. F.this study investigated the socio-cultural factors influencing the choice of family planning methods among married couples in Ife Central Local Government Area of Osun State. The purpose of the study was to examine if factors, level of education, ethnicity and cost of contraceptives influence choice of family planning methods. the population comprised all couples in Ife Central Local Government Area of Osun State. Multistage sampling techniques was used to select 160 respondents. A researcher designed questionnaire was used for data collection. a reliability coefficient of 0.8r was obtained through test re-test method using Spearman-Brown correlation. Data collection was conducted. Inferential statistics of Chi-square was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 alpha level. The hypotheses findings revealed that: level of education, ethnicity and cost of method influence the choice of family planning method among married couple with all the calculated value greater than table value at 0.05 alpha level. The study concluded that level of education, ethnicity and cost of contraceptives are socio-cultural factors influencing the choice of family planning among married couples. therefore, it was recommended that married couples should seek more knowledge about family planning as it will help them to plan for their future, ethnicity should not be a problem of planning and seek cheaper cost of contraceptives.