Effects of Parity on Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Contraception in Young Women of Imo State Nigeria, Aged 18 to 42years
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https://doi.org/10.60787/njgp.v22i2.186Keywords:
Attitude, Contraception, Knowledge, Practice, ParityAbstract
Introduction:This paper presents a descriptive survey conducted to determine the effects of parity on knowledge, attitude and practice of contraception in young women of Imo State Nigeria, aged 18 to 42years.
Methodology: Structured questionnaire was administered by subjective sampling technique to 303 young women aged 18 to 42years in Imo state Nigeria to obtain their response on knowledge, attitude and practice of various methods of contraception. The data collected from retrieved questionnaire was analyzed using Version 2010 of Microsoft Excel and Version 29.0 of SPSS for Chi-square tests. The responses were graded based on the discretion of the researchers.
Results:The results obtained show that the respondents have very good knowledge of contraception; displayed very good attitude towards use of contraception and as well showed good practice of contraception. The result of the Chi-square tests show no association between parity and knowledge of contraception (p = 1); insignificant association between parity and attitude to contraception (p = 0.333) and significant association between parity and practice of contraception (p = 0.015). Pearson’s correlation coefficient shows strong association between knowledge and attitude to contraception (r = 0.911).
Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, it can be concluded that parity affects practice of contraception but does not affect knowledge of and attitude to contraception. The results of this study will give the Federal Government and the NGOs insight on the most appropriately steps to take in fighting the rising trend of unintended pregnancy in Nigeria, Imo State in particular.
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