Investigation on Determinants and Choice of Contraceptive Usage among Nigeria Women of Reproductive Age

Abstract

Introduction: Contraception is the intentional prevention of conception and Sexually Transmitted Diseases using devices. This study investigates the prevalence, use and choice of different contraceptive methods among Nigeria women of reproductive age (15 – 49 years). Methods: This study utilized the most current dataset from the National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS). Chi-squares tests of Homogeneity of proportion was utilized to validate the equality of proportions for the distinct groups of contraception methods. Also, Multinomial logistic regression was employed to obtain the determinants of contraceptive choices among the selected factors. Results: As reveal in this study, 83.86% of Nigeria women within the reproductive age do no use any method of contraceptives while only 16.14% use one form of contraceptives. Although, all the selected factors (respondent’s age, respondent’s access to radio, respondent’s access to television, respondent’s place of residence, respondent’s geopolitical region, respondent’s husband’s education level, respondent’s husband’s occupation, respondent’s religion affiliation, respondent’s response to desire for more children, respondent’s husband’s age, and respondent’s number of children born) contributed significantly (p-value < 0.05) to the choice of contraceptive usage in this study, certain level(s) of some factors such as women from the SouthWest region, women with more desire for children and women within the age bracket 20 – 24 and 45 – 49 are not significant to the usage of contraception among Nigeria women. The significant factors observed in this study indicated either an increased or decreased risk in the usage of contraceptive methods. Conclusion: The choice of contraceptive methods used by Nigerian women is influenced by most of the selected maternal and social-demographic factors used in this study. However, enlightenment on the important and use of contraceptives are needed to be put on media to increase the usage of contraceptives among Nigerian women.