Violence against Women as a Factor in Unmet Need for Contraception in Southwest Nigeria |
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Authors: | Peter Olasupo Ogunjuyigbe Ambrose Akinlo Gbolahan O Oni |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Demography and Social Statistics, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria;(2) Department of Demography and Social Statistics, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria;(3) Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA |
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Abstract: | Evidence abounds that the relatively low patronage of family planning services in Nigeria is not simply as a result of the
people being resolutely pronatalist. Available statistics indicate that some women are not using contraceptive despite their
stated desires to limit or space births and as much as 62% of women with unmet need in Nigeria do not intend to use contraceptive.
The paper examines the significance of violence against women in relation to unmet need for contraception. The study utilizes
data obtained from a survey which took place in 2004 in six different locations (three rural and three urban) drawn from two
of the six Southwestern states, Nigeria. Our findings indicate that domestic violence was not a strong factor influencing
contraceptive use and unmet need in the area as spousal opposition was not cited as their reason by any of the women who were
not using contraceptives. |
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