Abstract
This study examined the relationship between educational qualification and family planning practices among married persons in Southwest Nigeria. Descriptive research design of the survey type was adopted for this study and the sample consisted of one thousand and two hundred (1,200) married persons. Multistage random sampling technique was used to select the sample. Information was collected for the study through the administration of questionnaire to the respondents. Data obtained were analysed using mean, standard deviation, ANOVA and regression analysis. The result revealed that educational qualification of married persons will significantly influence the family planning practices. It was concluded that married person with high educational qualification will definitely plan their family by giving birth to few children, It was therefore recommended that married persons need to improve on their educational status in order to increase the level of family planning practices. Also they should see the need to plan and space child birth. Keywords: Marriage, Family, Educational Qualification, Family Planning Practices, Child Spacing. DOI: 10.7176/RHSS/10-6-05 Publication date: March 31 st 2020
Highlights
Marriage as a social institution has been described as a socially sanctioned sex relationship involving two or more people of the opposite sex, which is expected to endure beyond the time required for gestation and birth of children (Amiteshwar, 2006)
Scores on Family Planning Practices among married persons in Southwest, Nigeria were computed and subsequent compared for statistical significance using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) at 0.05 level of significance on the basis of educational qualification
Discussion of Findings The results revealed that educational qualifications of married persons will significantly influence the family planning practices
Summary
Marriage as a social institution has been described as a socially sanctioned sex relationship involving two or more people of the opposite sex, which is expected to endure beyond the time required for gestation and birth of children (Amiteshwar, 2006). That is why Action Health Incorporated (2003), posit that marriage is a legal and social commitment that two people make to share their lives and family responsibilities. It is used in qualifying an important institution across the universe and most people have an erroneous assumption that the utmost purpose of marriage is for procreation. There are different types of marriage among which are polygamy, monogamy, endogamy, exogamy, sororate, levirate, child marriage among others and any of these types of marriages can produce monogamy or polygamy family
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