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Abstract
Five hundred sixty grandmultiparous women were interviewed as to their contraceptive awareness, desirability and use in the three major hospitals in Benin City, Nigeria, between October 1, 1980 and September, 1981. Their parity ranged from 5 to 14 with a mean of 6.7. There was high level of awareness of contraceptive availability and usefulness (65%), but low level of practice (27.1%). The main causes of the low practice level included opposition from husband and other relatives, complications of previous methods used and the desire to have a large family. Oral contraceptives were the preferred method, followed by intrauterine devices. Educational attainment had a positive relationship to acceptance of contraceptive practice. We believe that with more concerted effort at family planning counseling, the community will be rid of the hazards and menace of grandmultiparity.Entities:
Keywords: Acceptor Characteristics; Acceptors; Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Age Factors; Child Worth; Data Collection; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; English Speaking Africa; Family Planning; Family Planning Programs; Family Planning Surveys; Fertility; Fertility Measurements; Interviews; Kap Surveys; Marriage Age; Multiparity; Nigeria; Nonacceptor Characteristics; Nonacceptors; Opposition To Family Planning; Parity; Population; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Research Report; Sampling Studies; Sex Preference; Studies; Surveys; Western Africa
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Year: 1986 PMID： 2874083 DOI： 10.1016/0020-7292(86)90009-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Gynaecol Obstet ISSN： 0020-7292 Impact factor: 3.561