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The Pattern and Attitude of Nigerian Women in Benin City towards Female Sterilisation
Author(s) -
Omu A. E.,
Unuigbe J. A.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
asia‐oceania journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1447-0756
pISSN - 0389-2328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1985.tb00041.x
Subject(s) - benin city , opposition (politics) , reincarnation , medicine , family planning , incidence (geometry) , gynecology , demography , obstetrics , teaching hospital , population , family medicine , research methodology , sociology , environmental health , political science , law , politics , philosophy , physics , optics , epistemology
Summary All the cases of female sterilisation at the maternity unit of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria, between January 1974 and December 1981 are analysed. There were a total of 248 sterilisation out of 19,905 deliveries, an incidence of 1 in 80 or 1.25%. There were 176 voluntary sterilisations out of 3,256 grand multipara, an incidence of 1 in 18 or 5.6%. To find out the background of the practice level, 560 grandmultipara were interviewed about their attitude towards female sterilisation. Reasons for the low acceptance level included desire for more children, permanent nature of the procedure, opposition from relations, blockage of tubes at reincarnation, fetal wastage and religious opposition.