Determinants of Family Planning Utilisation Among Male Civil Servants in Selected Ministries in Kwara State, Nigeria

The study examined determinants of family planning
utilisation among male civil servants in selected ministries in Kwara
State, Nigeria. The study adopted a cross-sectional descriptive
design. The population for this study consisted of male civil servants
in selected ministries in Kwara State. The sample size was calculated
using Leslie Fisher’s formula where a sample size of 376 was
derived. Multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select the
calculated sample size from selected ministries in Kwara State. The
instrument for data collection was a self-developed questionnaire
which was validated by experts of Nursing Science and Tests &
Measurement. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to
analysed the data collected while all hypotheses were tested at 0.05
level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that majority
of the respondents were aware of different family planning methods
as there was high rate of knowledge about family planning in Kwara
state. But despite the high rate of knowledge of family planning
methods, many people were left out of the utilisation of family
planning in the study area. Also, there was association between age
(X2 = 2.66, p<0.05), religion (X2 = 1.56, p<0.05), education (X2 = 3.73,
p<0.05), income (X2 = 2.36, p<0.05) and family planning utilisation.
In addition, an association existed between knowledge and family
planning utilisation; and attitude and family planning utilisation
among male civil servants in Kwara State. It was recommended
among others that people especially husbands need to be educated on the importance of family planning as it will help reduce
misconceptions and increase utilisation of family planning services.