Attitude of couples in Kwara State towards the use of family planning
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2016-12
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Department of Sociology, University of Ilorin
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Use of family planning has long been misconstrued. The purpose of this study was to find out the attitude of couples in Kwara State towards use of family planning. The study also aimed at finding out whether variables such as age, religion and educational qualification will affect the respondents’ views. Four hundred respondents were selected using simple random sampling and systematic sampling techniques. A researcher-designed questionnaire title ‘Attitude towards use of Family Planning Questionnaire (AUFPQ)’ was used to collect data for the study. A research question was constructed and three hypotheses were formulated. The validity of the instrument was established through vetting of three medical personnel in Gynecology Department, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria. While, the reliability was ascertained using split-half reliability method and reliability coefficient of 0.72 was gotten which confirmed that the instrument is reliable for use. The hypotheses were tested using Analysis of Variance at 0.05 sig. level. The result showed that couples in Kwara State have negative attitude towards the use of Family Planning. It was also found out that there was no significant difference in the attitude of couples in Kwara State towards the use of family planning based on age, religion and educational qualification. Based in the finding of this study, recommendations were made that Governmental and Non-Governmental Organizations should embark on more sensitization programmes that would be on continuous basis so as to encourage couples to develop positive attitude towards use of family planning.
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Couples, Attitude, Family Planning