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Access to mass media messages, and use of family planning in Nigeria: a spatio-demographic analysis from the 2013 DHS
Authors: Chukwuedozie K. Ajaero, Clifford Odimegwu, Ijeoma D. Ajaero, and Chidiebere A. Nwachukwu
Source: BMC Public Health, 16: 427; doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-2979-z
Topic(s): Family planning
Mass media
Country: Africa
  Nigeria
Published: MAY 2016
Abstract: Background: Nigeria has the highest population in sub-Saharan Africa with high birth and growth rates. There is therefore need for family planning to regulate and stabilize this population. This study examined the relationship between access to mass media messages on family planning and use of family planning in Nigeria. It also investigated the impacts of spatio-demographic variables on the relationship between access to mass media messages and use of family planning.Methods: Data from the 2013 demographic and health survey of Nigeria which was conducted in all the 36 states of Nigeria, and Abuja were used for the study. The sample was weighted to ensure representativeness. Univariate, bivariate and binary logistic regressions were conducted. The relationship between each of the access to mass media messages, and the family planning variables were determined with Pearson correlation analysis.Results: The correlation results showed significant but weak direct relationships between the access to mass media messages and use of family planning at p?
Web: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4877816/