Knowledge and Utilization of Family Planning Methods Among Farming Households in Ondo East Local Government Area of Ondo State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study examined knowledge and utilization of family planning methods among farming households in Ondo East L.G.A of Ondo State, Nigeria. A multi stage sampling technique was used to select one hundred (100) farming households while descriptive statistic was used to analyse the objectives and chi square was used to test the hypotheses. The majority (61%) of the respondents were females, 79% were below 41 years of age and the mean household size was 6.0. Although literacy level could be considered low as 61% had primary education. The majority (73 %) of the respondents had the knowledge of family planning and also utilized modern family planning methods. Fifty eight percent (58%) obtained information from health care providers. The result of the hypotheses test indicated that there was significant relationship between socio-economic characteristics of the respondents and the knowledge of family planning methods by the respondents and also a significant relationship exist between the sources of information and the use of family planning. The study recommended that the health care facilities should be intensified in rural areas of the country to encourage utilization of family planning methods in rural areas of Nigeria.