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Factors Affecting Family Planning Services In Rural Area Among Women
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1.2 Statement of the problem
Previous
and recent study findings (Etukudo, 2014) have consistently revealed
that fertility level is uncontrollably high in the rural areas of
AkwaIbom State because women continue to give birth to many children as
their spouses demand, under conditions of unabated poverty, poor feeding
and nutrition, and some other complications. The reasons for the demand
for large number of children in these areas are not different from
those in other societies and include the need for ‘lineage elongation,
security at old age, social obligation, among others’ (Akpan, et. al.,
2011). Worst still, past family planning programs in Nigeria have been
mainly directed toward women (Etukudo, 2014). However, actions to change
the perception and attitude of people regarding family planning in
AkwaIbom State have been media based and concentrated much in the urban
areas. The rural people have little or no time under their conditions of
severe poverty to listen to news or watch television, talk less of
reading newspapers. In many of the Health Centers, Health Posts, and
Dispensaries located in the rural communities there is insufficient
health workers (the community health workers) whose specialized duty
include to counsel mothers, child mothers, and would-be mothers on
family planning, management of pregnancy, and other motherhood issues.
On the other hand, the nurses working in these communities are
constrained in three areas: their lackadaisical attitude to work and to
some cases reported especially by the child mothers, the refusal of some
women to attain family planning training and counseling at centers
nearby to their homes, and the refusal of most women to accept and use
contraceptives as are prescribed. Besides, most people still believe
large number of children is equivalent to large economic power.
1.3 Purpose of the study
The
general purpose of the study is to find out the factors affecting
family planning services among rural women in NsitIbom Local Government
of AkwaIbom State.
Specifically, the objectives of this study were to:
examine how educational background affects family planning services
among rural women in NsitIbom Local Government Area of AkwaIbom State.
examine how culture affects family planning services among rural women in NsitIbom Local Government Area of AkwaIbom State.
determinehow religion affects family planning services among rural
women in NsitIbom Local Government Area of AkwaIbom State.
determine how economic status affects family planning among rural women in NsitIbom Local Government Area of AkwaIbom State.
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