Women Empowerment and Modern Contraceptive Use among Married Women in Ibadan, Oyo State
Reproductive Health
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Issue: 2
(11 - 2016)
Nigeria is a male dominant society where most of the household decisions including those related to
their female partner’s health are taken by men. We examined the relationship between women
empowerment and Modern Contraceptives (MC) use in Ibadan, Nigeria where such studies is yet to be
documented. Cross-sectional survey design involving both qualitative and quantitative was used to
examine 597 women from two selected LGAs in Ibadan. Data were analyzed using Chi-square and
logistic regression models (alpha=0.05). Mean age of the women was 33.0+6.7 years, 44.4% had
secondary education, 32.2.0% was highly empowered and 69.5% used MC. Injectables (35.1%) were
the commonest MC method currently used. There was an increase in use of MC as the level of
empowerment increased, however the level of education was found to be strongly related to MC even
after controlling for other factors. Empowering women through education will promote the use of MC
in Nigeria.
Keywords: Women empowerment, Modern contraceptive, Nigeria, Ibadan, male dominant
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