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Characteristics of contraceptive acceptors in an urban Nigerian setting
Author(s) -
Ayangade Okun
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(84)90105-x
Subject(s) - medicine , family planning , socioeconomic status , population , developing country , social class , developed country , demography , socioeconomics , gynecology , research methodology , economic growth , environmental health , sociology , political science , law , economics
Intensive efforts in promoting family planning concepts and contraceptive delivery in the third world over the past two‐ and one‐half decades have yielded only token dividends. This has occurred in Nigeria, despite the favorable government attitude. A study of the characteristics of current contraceptive acceptors showed an overwhelming percentage of acceptors are uneducated, married and from the lower socioeconomic class, a striking departure from usual expectations. Most acceptors prefer oral contraceptives. The status of acceptance of modern contraception by the educated population is still underermined. Contraceptives appeared to be used primarily by women aged 30 and older in our population.