ABSTRACT
The perception of women at Agbado market in Alagbado Lagos, on the use of intrauterine contraceptive device and other methods as a means of family planning. Intrauterine contraceptives device is an object made of plastic, stainless steel of flexible polythene nylon which is inserted into the uterus to prevent pregnancy.
This is a description of the use of contraceptives for family planning, mainly on intrauterine contraceptive devices (IUCD) among the market women in Agbado market, Alagbado, Lagos state, Nigeria. The study shows the problems such as level of awareness, religion constraints, and husband’s perspectives etc. Some of the advantages and disadvantages of IUCD are also elaborated over other methods of family planning. The objective of this study is to aim at evaluating the perception of contraceptives usage to determine the prevalence of contraceptives among the women of childbearing age. The population of this study comprises of the market women using family planning methods with emphasis on women using IUCD and are about 200 women but 100 was achieved at Agbado market, Alagbado, Lagos Nigeria.
TABLE OF CONTENT
TOPIC PAGE i
CERTIFICATION ii
DEDICATION iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 1
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 4
1.3 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY 4
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTION 5
1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 5
1.6 SCOPE AND LIMITATION 6
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 INTRODUCTION 7
2.2 HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 14
2.3 DEFINITION OF CONTRACEPTIVE/FAMILY PLANNING 14
2.4 GENERAL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF CONTRACEPTIVE 15
2.5 TREND OF CONTRACEPTIVE USE IN NIGERIA 16
2.6 CONTRACEPTIVES USE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 17
2.7 BENEFITS FOR THE COUPLE 19
2.8 TRADITIONAL METHODS 20
2.9 NATURAL OR FATERLITY AWARENESS METHOF (FAM) 22
2.10 CONDOM (OR SHEATH) 26
2.10.1 FEMALE CONDOM 28
2.10.2 MALE CONDOM 29
2.11 COMBINED PILLS 31
2.12 INJECTIBLE CONTRACEPTIVES 35
2.13 IMPLANT CONTRACEPTIVES 37
2.14 EMERGENCY OR POSTCOITAL CONTRACEPTION 39
2.15 INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE 44
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLODY
3.1 INTRODUCTION 50
3.2 RESEARCH RESPONSE 50
3.3 POPULATION OF THE STUDY 50
3.4 SAMPLE SIZE AND SAMPLE TECHNIQUE 50
3.5 RESEARCH INSTRUMENT 51
3.6 METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION 51
3.7 VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF THE INSTRUMENT 51
3.8 METHOD OF DATA ANALYSIS 51
CHAPTER FOUR
DATA ANALYSIS
4.1 INTRODUCTION 52
4.2 PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA 52
CHAPTER FIVE
5.1 INTRODUCTION 76
5.2 SUMMARY AND FINDINGS 76
5.3 CONCLUSION 77
5.4 RECOMMENDATION 77
BIBLIOGRAPHY 79
APPENDIX 81
QUESTIONNAIRE 82
LIST OF TABLE
TABLE 1: AGE OF RESPONDENTS
TABLE 2: RELIGION
TABLE 3: MARITAL STATUS
TABLE 4: SHOWS THE OCCUPATION OF THE HUSBANDS
TABLE 5: SHOWS THE NUMBER OF WIVES THE RESPONDENTS’ HUSBANDS HAVE
TABLE 6: SHOWS THAT THE RESPONDENTS’ RELIGION SUPPORTS FAMILY PLANNING
TABLE 7: SHOW THE NUMBER CHILDREN THE RESPONDENTS HAVE
TABLE 8: SHOWS THE AGE INTERVAL BETWEEN THE RESPONDENTS’ CHILDREN
TABLE 9: HAVE YOU HEARD OF FAMILY PLANNING?
TABLE 10: WHERE DID YOU GET THE INFORMATION?
TABLE 11: HAVE YOU ADOPTED ANY FAMILY PLANNING METHOD?
TABLE 12: DOES YOUR HUSBAND’S OCCUPATION INFLUENCE YOUR CHOICE OF CONTRACEPTIVE?
TABLE 13: WHICH TYPE OF CONTRACEPTIVE METHOD DO YOU USE?
TABLE 14: DO YOU PREFER IUCD?
TABLE 15: DOES YOUR RELIGION FORBID IUCD?
TABLE 16: AFTER HOW MANY CHILDREN DO YOU THINK FAMILY PLANNING COULD BE ADOPTED?
TABLE 17: WOULD YOU CHOOSE IUCD AS A MEANS OF FAMILY PLANNING?
TABLE 18: DOES IUCD AFFECT YOUR SEXUAL PLEASURE?
TABLE 19: DO YOU THINK IUCD CAUSES LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN?
TABLE 20: DO YOU THINK IUCD CAUSES PELVIC INFECTION?
TABLE 21: CAN IUCD PREVENT UNWANTED PREGNANCY?
TABLE 22: WHAT DO YOU THINK CONTRACEPTIVE IS USED FOR?
TABLE 23: HAVE YOU HAD ANY UNWANTED PREGNANCY BEFORE?
TABLE 24: HAS IUCD FAILED YOU BEFORE?
TABLE 25: DO YOU PLAN TO BE ON CONTRACEPTIVE FOR LONG?
TABLE 26: WOULD YOU ENCOURAGE THE USE OF CONTRACEPTIVE TO YOUR FRIEND AND RELATIVES?
TABLE 27: DO YOU THINK IUCD CAUSES INFERTILITY?
TABLE 28: DOES IUCD HAVE ADVANTAGE IN FAMILY PLANNING?
