INTER-SPOUSAL COMMUNICATION AS A DETERMINANT OF CONTRACEPTIVE USE IN NIGERIA: A MIXED METHOD

A. OLAWOLE-ISAAC; A. ONİ GBOLAHAN; Muyiwa OLADOSU; O. AMOO EMMANUEL; Paul O. ADEKOLA

doi:https://doi.org/10.18769/ijasos.337324

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INTER-SPOUSAL COMMUNICATION AS A DETERMINANT OF CONTRACEPTIVE USE IN NIGERIA: A MIXED METHOD

Authors:

A. OLAWOLE-ISAAC | A. ONİ GBOLAHAN | Muyiwa OLADOSU | O. AMOO EMMANUEL | Paul O. ADEKOLA

Journal:

IJASOS- International E-journal of Advances in Social Sciences 2017 Vol.3 Issue 8, pp.645-654

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

8/2017

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000717242

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18769/ijasos.337324

Abstract:

 


The need for understanding the level of communication
among couples is important in reproductive health. Agreement by couples on
contraceptive adoption is a major consideration if population growth will be
reduced. Therefore this paper tests the hypothesis that there is no significant
relationship between inter-spousal communication and contraceptive use in
Nigeria. The study employed both quantitative and qualitative method of data
collection. The quantitative data employed the 2013 Nigeria Demographic and
Health Survey Couple recode dataset, while the qualitative data was collected
using Focus Group Discussion. Data was analyzed using Stata13 and the qualitative
data was analyzed using NVivo 11 software. The
result of the logistic regression model showed that there is a significant relationship
between inter-spousal communication and contraceptive use (P<0.001). The result
of the unadjusted model showed a Log-likelihood ratio [LLR] = 2335.0875, R2
= 27.05% and Chi-square= 1731.32 on 29 degree of freedom while, the adjusted
model showed a [LLR] = 435.0011, R2 = 38.20%, Chi-square= 268.36 on
32 degrees of freedom, p<0.05. The reduction of 1296.3189 in the
Log-likelihood ratio and an increase of 11.15 % in the R2 indicate a
very good fit. In the qualitative
study the findings showed that majority of the couples using contraceptives
discussed with their spouses and more than half of them received their husband’s
maximum support. We conclude that couples communication will improve the
uptake of contraceptives and reduce the increasing population growth in
Nigeria. 

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Article Details

INTER-SPOUSAL COMMUNICATION AS A DETERMINANT OF CONTRACEPTIVE USE IN NIGERIA: A MIXED METHOD

Authors: A. OLAWOLE-ISAAC | A. ONİ GBOLAHAN | Muyiwa OLADOSU | O. AMOO EMMANUEL | Paul O. ADEKOLA

Journal: IJASOS- International E-journal of Advances in Social Sciences 2017 Vol.3 Issue 8, pp.645-654

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 8/2017

Document Language: Turkish

Document ID (Org No.): 2000717242

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18769/ijasos.337324

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Authors:

A. OLAWOLE-ISAAC | A. ONİ GBOLAHAN | Muyiwa OLADOSU | O. AMOO EMMANUEL | Paul O. ADEKOLA

Journal:

IJASOS- International E-journal of Advances in Social Sciences 2017 Vol.3 Issue 8, pp.645-654

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

8/2017

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000717242

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18769/ijasos.337324