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The Effect Of Formal Education On Nigerian Women’s Attitude Towards Family Planning
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1.2Theoretical Framework
Family
planning refers to the services offered to educate men and women about
family life and the encouragement given to them to achieve their wishes
with regards to the prevention of unwanted pregnancies, securing desired
pregnancies, spacing of pregnancies and limiting the number of children
in the interest of overall family and the family socio-economic status
(Enudi, 1986).
According to Amaechi (2003), the Federal Government
released a National Policy on Population for development, unity,
progress and self-reliance in 1988 included as part of the policy
statement was the promotion of awareness among citizens of this country
of population problems and the effect of rapid population growth on
development and also the provision to every one of the necessary
information and education on the value of reasonable family size, the
individual family and the future of the nation on achieving
self-reliance.
Ajuzie (2000) theorizes that the value of family
planning on the stability and the well being of the family need to be
taught and the message should reach every woman since we practice the
patriarchal family system because some want to oppose the idea of family
planning and since men are considered as the head of the family, the
decisions regarding the family size and child spacing cannot be taken by
the woman alone. The government should not only design but take
conscious effort to see to the implementation of enlightenment and
educative programme regarding family planning, some of which are:
1. Vaginal douche
2. Diaphragm with cream
3. Cream or jelly alone
4. Use of condom
5. Calendar safe period calculation
6. Intra-urine device (I.U.D.)
7. Use of pills
8. Vasectomu
9. Bilateral tubal ligation (BTL)
Each
of these methods according to Anyanwu (2004) has its own advantages and
disadvantages which should be clearly understood before a choice is
made.
1.3Statement of the Problem
There has been a lot of
discrimination against the female gender. In fact, people just see them
as breeding machines inspite of the availability of family planning.
The
dissemination of appropriate and relevant information on family
planning would lead to the acquisition of knowledge, skills and women
empowerment. This can help to break the intractable poverty cycles that
many Nigerian families have come to be associated with due to the
ignorance of family planning devices and the attitude of many women
towards the application of such devices.
According to Halsall (1977)
if women’s health and status remain poor, if their access to land and
other facilities continues to be limited and if they continue to be held
down by lack of information concerning family, unwanted pregnancies and
sexual diseases, the societal development would be retarded. Also, the
problem that is involved in the negligence of family planning cannot be
overemphasized. For example, without family planning there will be
population explosion which could bring about shortage of food and other
necessary amenities in the country. According to Uzomah (2004), women
who do not expose themselves to formal education do not have necessary
information, especially on family planning and majority of them have
died in their bid to give birth to children.
This study therefore,
sets out to examine the effect of formal education on the Nigerian
women’s attitude towards family planning.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ABSTRACT The study attempted to investigate the effect of formal education on Nigerian women’s attitude towards family planning in Lagos State. The study also reviewed relevant and extensive literatures under sub-headings. The descriptive research survey design was employed in this study in order to assess the opinions of the respondents with the application of questionnaire and the sampling technique. A total of 160 (one hundred and sixty) respondents were selected as samples representin ... Continue reading---
