Abstract
This study was designed to essentially determine the relationship between socio-demographic factors and contraceptive use. This was with the view of identifying existing barriers to contraceptive use in the county. The study adopted a community-based, descriptive cross-sectional study. The target population was women of reproductive age, 15 to 49 years living in Ijero Local Government Area of Ekiti State. Using the sample size calculation formula, a sample of 250 women was randomly selected for the study. Data was collected using questionnaires translated and back-translated between the English and the local Yoruba language. Data analysis was performed using SPSS version 20 to generate descriptive and inferential statistics such as contingency tables and bar charts. Chi square was used to find relationship between non parametric variables by testing for association at 5% (p=0, 05) level of significance. Key findings of the study reveals that respondents were young adults and largely in their reproductive age span, more than three-quarters were Christian, more than two-fifths have secondary school education; 76.8% of the sample were working; nine out of every ten women have heard about contraceptives, many respondents have used at least one type of conceptive method, Injections method was the most popular conceptive method among the respondents, and more than 30.4% of the respondents heard about contraceptives through television. Results further show that: women have considerable knowledge on different aspects of the modern contraceptives, 89.6% of women were of the view that modern contraceptive prevents unwanted pregnancy; 39.2% perceived modern contraceptive as something that can boost husband fidelity (39.2%); the most common negative effect of modern contraceptives reported is irregular menstruation among the users; and women in the study area have used injections (22%) and condoms (20.8%) more than any other modern contraceptive methods.
Highlights
Increasing the level of contraceptives use among women of child bearing age is an important component of many national population and developmental programs in sub-Saharan Africa; the prevalence use of these methods is still low despite the efforts of many governmental and nongovernmental agencies (NGOs)
A) Determine the relationship between socio-demographic factors and contraceptive use; b) Assess the level of knowledge and perception of rural women about modern contraceptive method; c) Identify factors that serve as barriers associated with contraceptive use among rural women
Primary data were generated from the respondents, the results showed that socio-demographic factors analyzed in the study such as age, marital and socioeconomic status were more significantly associated with contraceptive use as it correlate to similar studies, in contrast to most studies, education and religion have no significant relationship with the contraceptive use in the study
Summary
Increasing the level of contraceptives use among women of child bearing age is an important component of many national population and developmental programs in sub-Saharan Africa; the prevalence use of these methods is still low despite the efforts of many governmental and nongovernmental agencies (NGOs). Nigeria population was estimated to about One Hundred and Eighty Three (183) Million and the Seventh most populous in the world. The country has potential to reach an estimated population of Two Hundred and Eighty five (285) millions by 2050 [4]. It has been reported that there are about thirty five (35) million women of active reproductive age in the country while the number of births yearly is approximately seven (7) million. In the light of the above, it is important to adopt appropriate family planning practice which is affordable, accessible and safe as public health measure to reduce population growth in Nigeria [6]. Effective contraceptive will reduce number of attendance of high risk pregnancies maternal mortality rates. Researches have shown that about 30% to 40% maternal mortality will be prevented if all women have equal access to contraception most especially in rural settlements. [7,8,9]
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