Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Family Planning among Women in Mararaban Rido, Chikun L.G.A., Kaduna State, Nigeria
Keywords:
Family Planning, Knowledge, Attitude, WomenAbstract
This study examines the knowledge, attitude and practice of family planning in Mararaban Rido community in Chikun Local Government of Kaduna State, Nigeria. The study determines the knowledge level of family planning and its significance among women of child bearing age, assessing the attitude of child bearing age women towards family planning and examining family planning practice among women of child bearing age in the study area. Multistage (stratified random) sampling design was employed, and questionnaires were used to collect data in a descriptive research style. In order to look for associations, Chi square analysis was performed using SPSS (21). The results from the analysis shows that the majority (34.1%) of the respondents have children less than 3 months of age. Results of the findings show that the study participants are literate as 44.0% of them have attended secondary education while 42.7% of the respondents have attained tertiary education. Findings of the study had shown that 81.5% of the respondents have heard about family planning, with 10.7% of them confirming to never have heard about family planning while 7.8% cannot remember hearing anything about family planning. With 76.16% of respondents having some level of awareness of family planning, the study's overall findings demonstrate that the respondents' understanding of family planning methods is encouraging. The results of the hypothesis testing showed that all the demographic factors have a positive relationship with family planning knowledge. However, only the number of children showed no significant relationship to family planning attitude with a p-value of 0.9392 while age of mother showed no significant association with family planning practice with a p-value of 0.296036. According to the study's findings, respondents have a favorable view toward family planning (69.01%). The study drew the conclusions that the respondents’ knowledge, attitudes, and sociodemographic traits were all related to the success of family planning practice and that healthcare centers were the major sources of family planning information. In the light of the foregoing, it is recommended that religious bodies should also be used as a platform to promote family planning adoption and practices in Mararaban Rido.